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An aluminum alloy tube with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. and a wall thickness of 0.29 in. is used as a 10-ft-long column. Assume that E = 9500 ksi

and that pinned connections are used at each end of the column. Determine the slenderness ratio L/rand the Euler buckling load Per for the column.

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