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Elastic behaviour of solids
Question

Two exactly similar wires of steel and copper are stretched by equal forces. If the difference in their elongations is 0.5 cm, the elongation (I) of each wire is

Ys( steel )=2.0×1011N/m2Yc( copper )=1.2×1011N/m2

Moderate
Solution

l1YYsYc=lclslcls=2×10111.2×1011=53 ……..(i)

 Also lcls=0.5   ……….(ii)

On solving (i) and (ii), we get

lc=1.25cm and ls=0.75cm

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