Question 1075922: Question 1062547: A workshop table has an equilateral triangular top, each side of which is 900mm, the legs being at the three corners. A load of 500N is placed on the table at a point distant 325mm from one leg and 625mm from another. What is the load in each of the three legs.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source):
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Summing the forces in the z direction,
Summing the moments about the x axis,
Summing the moments about the y axis,
Find  using the law of cosines to find  ,
So then
So then,
 
and
and
So then,
Summing about x,
1.
and summing about y,
2.
So then adding eqs. 1 and 2,
 
Then,
and,
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