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khang

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In an earthquake, reinforced concrete ____.
   a. can crumble and fail if it is not sheathed in steel
   b. prevents lateral motion of building foundations
   c. is affected by lateral, but not vertical motion
   d. is affected by vertical, but not lateral motion
   e. is responsible for most collapses involving a single floor in a building

Question 2

In an earthquake, you are most likely to be injured from ____.
   a. ground motion
   b. fissures opening in the ground
   c. aftereffects like fire, power outages, and lack of clean water
   d. objects falling on you
   e. epidemics


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Sophiapenny

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: d


khang

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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