Engineering Entrance Exams
A rubber cord of cross sectional area 1 mm^2 and unstretched length 10 cm is stretched to 12 cm and then released to project a stone of mass 5 gram.
If Y for rubber = 5 × 108N/m^2, then the tension in the rubber cord is
(a) 25 N (b) 50 N
(c) 100 N (d) 200 N