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Chapter 8, Problem 63GP
There is a disk of cartilage between each pair of vertebrae in your spine. Suppose a disk is 0.50 cm thick and 4.0 cm in diameter. If this disk supports half the weight of a 65 kg person, by what fraction of its thickness does the disk compress?
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