Axially Loaded Members Problem (Engineering)

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I am absolutely stumped on this stress/strain problem, I've asked friends, I've asked reddit, I've even taken the answer and attempted to reverse calculate it. If anyone can figure it out please show how you got there, though I should mention that there is a chance this question is faulty.

A reinforced concrete column is uniformly 500mm square and consists of four steel rods, each of diameter 25 mm, embedded in the concrete. Determine the compressive stresses in the concrete and the steel when the column is subject to a compressive load of 1 MN, the modulus of elasticity is of the steel being 200 GPa and that of the concrete 14 GPa.