Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Stress and strain

Stress and strain — practice question

A known tensile force is applied to a wire. The wire stays below its elastic limit. Which two measurements are needed to calculate the strain of the wire?

  • Athe unstretched length of the wire and the cross-sectional area of the wire
  • Bthe unstretched length of the wire and the extension of the wire
  • Cthe Young modulus of the wire’s material and the extension of the wire
  • Dthe Young modulus of the wire’s material and the unstretched length of the wire

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