Why is it imperative that a nut be of the same grade as the bolt on which it is used?

What will be an ideal response?


If the nut and bolt are not of the same grade, the tension produced as the fastener tightened may cause the weaker component to fail.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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To be classified as a ______________________, a substance must cause a significant increase in the rate of cancer in laboratory animals over that occurring in a nontreated control group

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Expertise in which of the following helped to aid Ptolemaic advances in medicine?

a. mummification b. Hippocrates’ four humors c. heliocentric theory d. engineering

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Which of the following was one of the major U.S. fires of 1871?

a. Great Fire of Pittsburgh b. Great Chicago Fire c. Great Boston Fire d. Great New Orleans Fire

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