m alone)? (Assume bending arour
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Transcribed Image Text:A steel plate (called a cover plate) having cross-sectional dimensions 5.6 in. x 0.48 in. is welded along the full length of the bottom flange of a W 12 x 50 wide-flange beam (see figure, which shows the beam cross section
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W 12 × 50
5.6 x 0.48 in. cover plate O
What is the percent increase in the section modulus (as compared to the wide-flange beam alone)? (Assume bending around the horizontal centroidal axis.)
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