Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Stress and strain

Stress and strain — practice question

A lift is held up by two steel cables, each with a length of $20\ \text{m}$. Each cable is made up of $100$ parallel steel wires, and each wire has a cross-sectional area of $3.2 \times 10^{-6}\ \text{m}^2$. The Young modulus of steel is $2.1 \times 10^{11}\ \text{N m}^{-2}$. How far does the lift move downwards when a man with mass $70\ \text{kg}$ gets into it?

  • A$0.010\ \text{mm}$
  • B$0.020\ \text{mm}$
  • C$0.10\ \text{mm}$
  • D$0.20\ \text{mm}$

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