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Three mortar cubes of 70.6 mm side fail at 200, 210 and 190 kilonewtons. What is the mean compressive strength, taking the area as 5,000 square millimetres?

  • A.20 megapascals
  • B.60 megapascals
  • C.4 megapascals
  • D.40 megapascals

Answer: D

The mean load is 200 kilonewtons, or 200,000 newtons, and dividing by 5,000 square millimetres gives 40 newtons per square millimetre. A newton per square millimetre is the same thing as a megapascal. The equivalence is worth remembering, since standards use both units.

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