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The length of wire increases by 1.0 mm under a given load. The increase in length of a wire of same material but of length and diameter twice that of the first, under the same load, will be:

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The following four wires are made of the same material. Which of these will have the largest extension when the same tension is applied?

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By combining copper and steel wires of the same length and same diameter, a force is applied at their one end. The combined length is increased by 1cm. The wire will have:
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A composite wire, half aluminium and half steel, of uniform cross-section, is hung from a rigid support and a heavy mass is attached at the free end. Young's modulus of steel is 20/7 times of aluminium. The ratio of increase in length of steel wire to aluminium wire is:
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An increase of  0.1% in the length of a wire of cross-section 10-6m2 causes  tension of 100 N in the wire. The Young's modulus of the wire is:
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The adjacent graph shows the extension l of a wire of length 1m l×10-4 N/m2 suspended from the top of a roof at one end a load connected to the other end. The cross-sectional area of the wire is 10-6 m2. The Young's modulus of the material of the wire is:
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A force of 103N increases the length of a suspended write by 1 mm. To increase the length by 1 mm of a wire of the same material, same length but diameter four times the force required is:
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Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. However, wire-1 has a cross-sectional area A, and wire-2 has cross-sectional area 3 A. If the length of wire-1 increases by x on applying force F, how much force is needed to stretch wire-2 by the same amount?
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To break a wire of 1 mm radius, a force of 10 N is required. To break a wire of 3 mm radius, the required force will be :