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A mild steel bar of square cross-section 40 mm x 40 mm is 400 mm long. It is subjected to a longitudinal tensile stress of 440 N/mm² and lateral compressive stress is 200 N/mm² in perpendicular directions. E = 2 x 10^-5 N/mm², μ = 0.3. What is the approximate elongation of tht bar in the longitudinal direction ?

0.44 mm

088 mm

0.22 mm

1 mm

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