After a fall, a 100 kg rock climber finds himself dangling from the end of a rope that had been 13 m long and 8.6 mm in diameter but has stretched by 3.0 cm. For the rope, calculate (a) the strain, (b) the stress, and (c) the Young's modulus. (a) Number (b) Number (c) Number Units Units Units

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After a fall, a 100 kg rock climber finds himself dangling from the end of a rope that had been 13 m long and 8.6 mm in diameter but has
stretched by 3.0 cm. For the rope, calculate (a) the strain, (b) the stress, and (c) the Young's modulus.
(a) Number i
(b) Number
(c) Number
IN
i
Units
Units
Units
Transcribed Image Text:After a fall, a 100 kg rock climber finds himself dangling from the end of a rope that had been 13 m long and 8.6 mm in diameter but has stretched by 3.0 cm. For the rope, calculate (a) the strain, (b) the stress, and (c) the Young's modulus. (a) Number i (b) Number (c) Number IN i Units Units Units
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