A singly reinforced rectangular beam 350 mm wide and 450 mm deep is reinforced with 4 -16-mm-diameter bottom bars enclosed with 10-mm-dia stirrups covered with 40 mm of concrete.  Calculate the tensile steel stress compatible with concrete strain of 0.003.  Use f'c = 22 MPa and fy = 379 MPa.  Express your answer in 2 decimal pl

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A singly reinforced rectangular beam 350 mm wide and 450 mm deep is reinforced with 4 -16-mm-diameter bottom bars enclosed with 10-mm-dia stirrups covered with 40 mm of concrete.  Calculate the tensile steel stress compatible with concrete strain of 0.003.  Use f'c = 22 MPa and fy = 379 MPa.  Express your answer in 2 decimal places and in MPa.

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