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22.
A rod shown in the given figure is such that the lower part is made of steel and the upper part is made of copper. Both the ends of the rod are rigidly clamped. If an axial force P is applied at the junction of the two metals, given that the ratio Esteel/ECopper is equal to 2, then the force in the copper rod would be
P/5 tension
P/3 tension
P/3 compression
P/5 compression
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