One end of a brass wire 120 cm long and a diameter of 0.24 cm is fastened to a point in the ceiling. A body is hung weighing 32x105 dynes at the other end of the wire. The Young’s modulus of brass is 9x1011 dynes/cm2. Determine the strain of the wire. a. 7.856 x 10−2 b. 7.856 x 10−3 c. 7.856 x 10−4 d. 7.856 x 10−5

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One end of a brass wire 120 cm long and a diameter of 0.24 cm is
fastened to a point in the ceiling. A body is hung weighing 32x105
dynes at the other end of the wire. The Young’s modulus of brass is
9x1011 dynes/cm2. Determine the strain of the wire.
a. 7.856 x 10−2
b. 7.856 x 10−3

c. 7.856 x 10−4
d. 7.856 x 10−5

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