Question

A strong person and a weak person are trying to carry a ladder.How should they carry it in such a way that the weak person feels less weight of the ladder?

plz its urgent .​

Answer 1

The stronger person holds it closer to them.

Step-by-step explanation:

if the stronger person were to hold the ladder closer to them, they would be holding more of the weight thus making the weaker person have less weight. this is because of the center of gravity being closer to the stronger person.

Answer 2

Strong person should hold the ladder near the center while weak person should hold it at the end

Step-by-step explanation:

So here we can see from the figure that in order to hold the ladder straight the two forces must counter balance the weight of the ladder

So here we know that

`mg = F_1 + F_2`

also for torque balance of the ladder we know that

`F_1 r_1 = F_2 r_2`

here we know that the distance of force F1 is less than that of other force F2 so

`(r_1)/(r_2) < 1`

so we can say that

`(F_2)/(F_1) < 1`

so weak person will apply less force if he hold it at the long distance