A cantilever beam with rectangular cross section (b 5 95 mm, h 5 300 mm) supports load P 5 160 kN at its free end. The ratio of the magnitudes of the principal stresses (?1/?2) at point A (at distance c 5 0.8 m from the free end and distance d 5 200 mm up from the bottom) is approximately:



(A) 5

(B) 12

(C) 18

(D) 25


(C) 18

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