Question

The postmodern sculpture "Crane, Ladder, Axle", shown below, consists of a horizontal ladder, pivoted around an axle at one end, and supported near (but not at!) the middle by a

cable hanging vertically from a crane. = 50 kg. The cable from the1.4 m from the axle. (Again, note that this is not the center!) Model the ladder as a uniform rod pivoted at the end. Use the location of the The length of the ladder is L = 2.4 m and its mass is Mcrane is attached at distance d =axle as the origin for determining torques (this is the natural choice). 1. What is the inertia of the ladder around the axle (not around its center of mass)?

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