When the bag of dog food is placed on the table, and the person lets go, how does the table exert the force necessary to balance the weight of the bag? When the load is placed on the table, the table ...When the bag of dog food is placed on the table, and the person lets go, how does the table exert the force necessary to balance the weight of the bag? When the load is placed on the table, the table sags until the restoring force becomes as large as the weight of the load, putting the load in equilibrium.