What is the location of the lightest bucket of sand


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Q: A stack of several sheets of drywall of mass 170 kg rests on three wooden blocks placed under the edges of the stack. Determine the mass and the location of the lightest bucket of sand so that when placed on the top sheet of drywall the forces exerted on the three blocks are equal.

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