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Grade 10Mechanics

Two wax of same material, same thickness but length is different. Whose elongation and whose strain is greater ....Please reply before 11:00 p.m. today..

Profile image of Md Shafaque Israil
9 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Khimraj
9 Years ago
As stress is directly proportional to strain ( according to hooks law) and strain is given by dl/lAs it is inversely proportional to length so the wax having smaller length will have more stress