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Q5. A load of 2.1 kN is suspended from three identical vertical wires each of 10 mm diameter. One of the wires has a sudden failure causing the other two wires to carry the full load equally between them. Calculate EACH of the following:

(a) The initial stress in EACH of the three wires before the sudden failure assuming each wire carries an equal share of the load;

(b) The maximum sudden increase in stress in the remaining two wires caused by the sudden failure;

(c) The maximum instantaneous stress produced in each of the two remaining wires;

(d) The final stress in each of the two remaining wires after the load has come to rest.