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Two long metallic strips are joined together by two rivets each of radius 2 mm. Each rivet can withstand a maximum shearing stress of 1.5×109N/m2. Assuming that each rivet shares the stretching load equally, the maximum tensile force the strip can exert without rupture is

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a

1.88×104N

b

3.8×104N

c

6×107N

d

3×104N

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Let the maximum tensile force that each rivet can experience be F, then maximum shearing stress on each rivet is

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σ=FA=1.5×109A=πr2,  where  r=2×103m

Required force is 2F.

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