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I thought maybe he needed the strength of materials answer as to why the table top doesn't buckle. It seemed the OP had tried the distributed weight explanation. That's why I wondered what details were throwing him with the original explanation and wondered if he was wondering why it didn't buckle. This is more complicated than a simple force problem right? That's why I mentioned buckling bookshelves. it's been a long time since I've done any equations though.