Consider a diving board of length 8.0 m. The right end of the board lies directly above a pool. The mass of the diving board is 47.0 kg and is supported by two legs. The first leg is located 1.0 meters from the left side of the board and the second leg is located 3.2 m from the left side of the board. If a diver of mass 47.0 is standing at the right end of the board what is the force of the left leg on the board? Note that if the left leg is pushing upward on the board we will consider the force positive while a downward pulling force on the board is considered negative.

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