If the permissible compressive and tensile stresses in a singly reinforced beam are 50 kg/cm2
 and
1400 kg/cm2
 respectively and the modular ratio is 18, the percentage area At of the steel required
for an economic section, is
(A) 0.496 %
(B) 0.596 %
(C) 0.696 %
(D) 0.796 %

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Answer :

Answer: Option C

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