Engineering Mechanics: Statics
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Author: James L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, J. N. Bolton
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 3.4, Problem 67P
In order to make an adjustment, engineering students remove leg D from a laboratory worktable. To ensure that the table remains stable, they place a 6-kg stack of statics textbooks centered at point E of the tabletop as shown. Determine the normal reaction force at each leg A, B, and C. The uniform tabletop has a mass of 40 kg, and each leg has a mass of 5 kg.
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