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A cylindrical siltstone specimen was obtained from a borehole drilled in a site where a high-rise building is proposed to be constructed. A laboratory unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test was carried out on this specimen to estimate its strength properties. It was found that the specimen failed at a normal load of 52.9 kN. The height and diameter of the specimen was measured to be 100 mm and 50mm respectively.

Using the provided data,

Calculate the Normal stress (σ1) at failure.

(Type your answer in MPa)

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