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Consider four steel wires of dimensions given below (d = dimeter and l = length):

I. l=1m,d=1mm

II. l=2m,d=2mm

III. l=2m,d=1mm

IV. l=1m,d=2mm

If same force is applied to all the wires then the elastic potential energy stored will be maximum in wire.

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