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A rigid, uniform, weightless, horizontal bar is connected to three vertical members PfQ and R as shown in the figure (not drawn to the scale). All three members have identical axial stiffness of 10kN/mm. The lower ends of bar P and R rest on a rigid horizontal surface. When NO load is applied, a gap of 2mm exists between the lower end of the bar Q and the rigid horizontal surface. When a vertical load W is placed on the horizontal bar in the downward direction, the bar still remains horizontal and gets displaced by 5mm in the vertically downward direction.

The magnitude of the load W (in kN, round off to the nearest integer), is

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