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Given information

It is given that the mass of the climber,  

Width of the chasm,    

Tension that a climbing rope can withstand,  

Safety factor,  

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

FBD of the given problem is

From the equilibrium condition. The net vertical force is zero

   

After rearranging, the above expression, the minimum angle  

 

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