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Alright thank you that just finally made it sink in. I was looking at it if there is an AE on the top and bottom they would just cancel each other out but the way you laid it out here makes a lot of sense.

I don't understand why the N is still on top. Doesn't A and E both cancel each other out so that all that remains is F and a?

I end up with b=(AEa)/(F+AE) but A=mm^2 E=N/mm^2 a=mm F=N and b needs to be mm but I am left with the N from F with nothing to cancel it out.

I need to rearrange this equation to solve for b but I can not get it worked out to where my units end up being correct. (a-b)=(F*b)/(A*E)