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A large thick plate is fabricated from a steel that has a fracture toughness of 52 MPa√m and a yield strength of 950 MPa. If the surface cracks are shorter than 1 mm and the internal cracks are shorter than 1.5 mm, determine whether the plate will undergo general yield or will fail by fast fracture before general yielding occurs. Justify your answer.

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