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If the tendon is placed at an eccentricity e below the centroidal axis of the lon-gitudial axis of a rectangular beam (sectional modulus Z and stressed load P in tendon) the stress at the extreme top edge

is increased by
is increased by
is decreased by
remains unchanged.

Correct Answer: is decreased by

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