A 100-foot-long surveyor’s steel tape with a cross-sectional area of 0.006 square inch must be stretched with a pull of 16# when in use. If the modulus of elasticity of this steel is , (a) what is the total elongation in the 100 foot tape and (b) what unit tensile stress is produced by the pull?

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A 100-foot-long surveyor’s steel tape with a cross-sectional area of 0.006 square inch must be stretched with a pull of 16# when in use. If the modulus of elasticity of this steel is , (a) what is the total elongation in the 100 foot tape and (b) what unit tensile stress is produced by the pull?

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