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A structural timber column has a rectangular cross-section with width B = 0.3 m, depth W = 0.2 m, and height H = 4.0 m. It is subjected to an axial compressive load P = 240 kN. If the column shortens by =0.8 mm under this load, what is the resulting compressive strain