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20.
The plastic section modulus of a rectangular section of width 100 mm and depth 12 mm is
1000 mm3
1800 mm3
2400 mm3
3600 mm3
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Anil kumar said:   6 years ago
(Zp=Ac x yc+At x yt).
Ac = area of compression zone.
At = area of tension zone.
Yc &yt are the C.G of the both zones.

So the answer is zp = 600x300+600x300.
=3600.


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