To crack a certain nut in a nutcracker, forces with magnitudes of at least 40 N must

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To crack a certain nut in a nutcracker, forces with magnitudes of at least 40 N must act on its shell from both sides. For the nutcracker of Figure with distances L = 12 cm and d = 2.6 cm, what are the force components F, (perpendicular to the handles) corresponding to that 40N?

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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