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A metre long light rod is suspended from a rigid support horizontally by means of two vertical wires of equal length. One wire with area of cross section is made of steel while another with area of cross-section is made of brass. Find the position along the rod from steel wire in cm at which a weight might be hung to produce equal stresses in both the wires.

Answer: 66.67

Solution

Let be the distance from the steel wire. Taking moments, and . Equal stress:

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