A boy of mass 40 kg is climbing a vertic...

A boy of mass 40 kg is climbing a vertical pole at a constant speed. If the coefficient of friction between his palms and the pole is 0.8 and `g=10m//s^2` , the horizontal force that he is applying on the pole is

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