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Elastic behaviour of solids
Question

The Young's modulus of a rubber string 8 cm long and density  1.5kg/m3 is 5×108N/m2 , is suspended on the ceiling in a room. The increase in length due to its own weight will be 

Moderate
Solution

l=L2dg2Y=(8×102)2×1.5×9.82×5×108=9.6×1011m

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