A hollow cylinder with an OD of 100mm and an ID of 30mm, supports a load of 100kN. What is the compressive stress in MPa?.............I know stress=p/a , but I am not sure how to find the height in order to calculate the area or if there would be another way of doing it ?

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hollow cylinder with an OD of 100mm and an ID of 30mm, supports a load of 100kN. What is the compressive stress in MPa?.............I know stress=p/a , but I am not sure how to find the height in order to calculate the area or if there would be another way of doing it ? 

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