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Two wires of the same length and material but different radii r1 and r2 are suspended from a rigid support both carry the same load at the lower end. The ratio of the stress developed in the second wire to that developed in the first wire is___
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An increase in pressure required to decrease the 200 L volume of a liquid by 0.004 % in a container is: (Bulk modulus of the liquid=2100 MPa)
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If S is stress and Y is Young’s modulus of the material of a wire, the energy stored in the wire per unit volume is
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For constant hydraulic stress on an object, the fractional change in the object’s volume VV and its bulk modulus B are related as
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A wire of length L and cross-sectional area A is made of a material of Young’s modulus, Y. The work done in stretching the wire by an amount X is given by 
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Two vessels A and B have the same base area and contain water to the same height, but the mass of water in A is four times that in B. The ratio of the liquid thrust at the base of A to that at the base of B is:-

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A cylinder is filled with a liquid of density d up to a height h. If the beaker is at rest, then the mean pressure on the wall is
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The spring balance A reads 2 kg with a block m suspended from it. A balance B reads 5 kg when a beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the balance. The two balances are now so arranged that the hanging mass is inside the liquid in the beaker as shown in the figure in this situation

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