The number of independent mechanism is related to number of possible plastic hinge locations by ________
(a) n = h * r
(b) n = h / r
(c) n = h + r
(d) n = h – r
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I want to ask this question from Theorem of Plastic Collapse & Methods of Plastic Analysis in section Plastic and Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel of Design of Steel Structures