You decide to make yourself a desk, by attaching a wide shelf to the top of two legs. (A side view is shown.)

When you put a book down on the end of the shelf, the force exerted ON the shelf
at the attachment point labelled "A" is approximately
BLUE: Upwards
YELLOW: Downwards
GREEN: Rightwards
PURPLE: Leftwards
PINK: Zero
(Same question for attachment point "B")
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