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When a load is placed on the middle of a horizontal beam supported at each end, the top part of the beam undergoes. A) tension. B) compression.
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When a load is placed on the middle of a horizontal beam supported at each end, the top part of the beam undergoes. A) tension. B) compression.

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B) compression

the act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller: Tectonic forces caused compression in the earth's crust.
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