A drive shaft resists torsional shear stress of 45 MPa and axial com-pressive stress of 100 MPa. The ratio of the magnitudes of the principal stresses (?1/?2) is approximately:



(A) 0.15

(B) 0.55

(C) 1.2

(D) 1.9


(A) 0.15

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