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Homework Statement
A 70.0 kg sailor climbs an 11.5 m long rope ladder to a mast above at constant velocity. The rope ladder is at an angle of 30.0° with the mast. Assume that the ladder is frictionless. How much work does the sailor do?
Homework Equations
##W = Fd##
The Attempt at a Solution
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##F_{net||} = F_{a} + F_{g||}##
##F_{a} = -F_{g} = -mg\sin \theta##
##W = F_{a}d##
##W = -mgd\sin \theta##
##W = -(70kg)(-9.8m/s^{2})(11.5m)0.5##
##W = 515 J##
However, in the solution manual, this is not the correct answer. What am I doing wrong?