An 8m long copper wire and a 4m long steel wire, each of cross-section 0.5 cm² are fastened end to end and stretched by a 500 N force. The elastic potential energy of the system is $(Y_{C o p p e r} = 1 \times 10^{11} N m^{- 2}; Y_{s t e e l} = 2 \times 10^{11} N m^{- 2})$

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Solution

The correct option is A

The potential energy of an elongated rod is given by $U = \frac{F^{2} L}{2 A Y}$ . In this problem the total

potential energy is the sum of the individual potential energies. Therefore,

$U = \frac{F^{2}}{2 A} (\frac{L_{1}}{Y_{1}} + \frac{L_{2}}{Y_{2}})$

On substitution,

$U = 0.25 J = \frac{1}{4} J$

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