If the slenderness ratio of a column is more than 160, the compressive stress obtained by the secant formula is multiplied by a factor in which value of x is
Options
A. 0.9
B. 1.1
C. 1.2
D. 1.5
E. None of these.
Correct Answer
1.5
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