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Hi Chestermiller thanks for your reply! It seems that I was confused about how it would be the deformation for this case... By the way this is problem 3 from the book Strength of materials by Den Hartog. Thanks again!

Homework Statement Two rods of the same material, of equal length l, and of cross section A and 2A respectively, are mounted between two rigid (i.e., nondeformable) cross frames. The frames are pulled by a pair of forces P, located at distance x from the thin bar. Derive an expression for the...