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Kamisama
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A ball of mass 15.47kg rests on a table of height 0.73m. The tabletop is rectangular with a mass of 12.11kg, supported by 4 thin legs. The width of it is 134.0cm and length of 63.7cm. If the ball touches the tabletop at point (67.0cm, 16.4cm) relative to corner 1, what is the force the tabletop exerts on each leg?
2. Homework Equations
F=ma
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I'm kinda lost as to how to solve this. I tried finding the area of each segment then getting a percentage of it and multiplying the total mass and gravity but that didnt make sense considering the ball and the table should exert more force on corner one(bigger area, bigger total force). So that was definitely wrong. I feel I'm missing something important equation wise
2. Homework Equations
F=ma
?
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm kinda lost as to how to solve this. I tried finding the area of each segment then getting a percentage of it and multiplying the total mass and gravity but that didnt make sense considering the ball and the table should exert more force on corner one(bigger area, bigger total force). So that was definitely wrong. I feel I'm missing something important equation wise