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A wall bracket is fixed to the wall by means of three bolts..............

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A wall bracket is fixed to the wall by means of three bolts, one bolt at a distance of 25 mm from the lower edge and remaining two bolts at a distance of 175 mm from the lower bolts. It supports a load of 7.5 kN at a distance of 250 mm from the wall. The bolts are made from plain carbon steel 45C8 with tensile yield strength of 380 N/mm2. If factor of safety is 2.5, estimate the size of the bolts. Sketch the arrangement

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