A three-legged wooden bar stool made out of solid Douglas fir has legs that are (2.0 mathrm{~cm})

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A three-legged wooden bar stool made out of solid Douglas fir has legs that are \(2.0 \mathrm{~cm}\) in diameter. When a \(75 \mathrm{~kg}\) man sits on the stool, by what percent does the length of the legs decrease? Assume, for simplicity, that the stool's legs are vertical and that each bears the same load.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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