10. The steel used to support the roadway of a suspension bridge breaks under a stress of 1.61 x 109 Pa. Calculate: a) the minimum diameter of a steel cable if it is to support a load of mass 2.0 × 105 kg. b) the strain produced at the breaking point if the Young modulus of steel is 2.0 x 1011 Pa. (MATSEC September 2006)

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10. The steel used to support the roadway of a suspension bridge breaks under a
stress of 1.61 x 109 Pa. Calculate:
a) the minimum diameter of a steel cable if it is to support a load of mass
2.0 × 105 kg.
b) the strain produced at the breaking point if the Young modulus of steel is
2.0 x 1011 Pa.
(MATSEC September 2006)
Transcribed Image Text:10. The steel used to support the roadway of a suspension bridge breaks under a stress of 1.61 x 109 Pa. Calculate: a) the minimum diameter of a steel cable if it is to support a load of mass 2.0 × 105 kg. b) the strain produced at the breaking point if the Young modulus of steel is 2.0 x 1011 Pa. (MATSEC September 2006)
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