Is a deflection curve of the shape below possible to be achieved. If so, how many loads should be applied and at which part of the beam as given from the graph?

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Your boss has assigned you a target deflection curve to achieve, shown in figure 4. A select number of points from this custom profile is shown in table 1. /L -0.002 -0.004 -0.006 -0.008 -0.01 -0.012 -0.014 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 x/L Figure 4: A deflection curve, where L is the length of the beam, x is the coordinate along the beam and 8 is the coordinate measuring deflection. X (percent L) (percent L) 0 0 10 -0.789 20 -1.074 30 -1.231 40 -0.869 50 -0.501 60 -0.249 70 -0.03 80 -0.029 90 -0.335 100 -0.976 Your boss has assigned you a target deflection curve to achieve, shown in figure 4. A select number of points from this custom profile is shown in table 1. /L -0.002 -0.004 -0.006 -0.008 -0.01 -0.012 -0.014 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 x/L Figure 4: A deflection curve, where L is the length of the beam, x is the coordinate along the beam and 8 is the coordinate measuring deflection. X (percent L) (percent L) 0 0 10 -0.789 20 -1.074 30 -1.231 40 -0.869 50 -0.501 60 -0.249 70 -0.03 80 -0.029 90 -0.335 100 -0.976