Properties of Matter 1 Question 3
3. Young’s moduli of two wires and are in the ratio . Wire is long and has radius . Wire is long and has radius . If the two wires stretch by the same length for a given load, then the value of is close to
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 3. (d)
Solution:
- When a wire is stretched, then change in length of wire is
, where is its Young’s modulus.
Here, for wires
As, it is given that
or
or