JEE Main Physics question
**Statement 1:** A ladder is more apt to slip when you are high up on it than when you have just begun to climb.
**Statement 2:** The torque (about the base, due to the climber's weight) increases as one climbs higher up the ladder.
Answer: (A)
Solution
Balancing torques about the ladder's base, the normal reaction from the (smooth) wall — and hence the floor friction needed to balance it — increases as the climber's weight acts
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