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In a series combination of copper and steel wires of same length and same diameter, a force is applied at one of their ends while the other end is kept fixed. The combined length gets increased by 2 cm. The wires will have

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Same stress and same strain
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Different stress and different strain
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Different stress and same strain
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Same stress and different strain
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Solution

The correct option is D Same stress and different strain
Stress =FA
Force(F) is same, A is same.
So stress will be same.
Strain =ΔLL
L is same, but due to different young's modulus, ΔL would be different for copper and steel wire so strain is different .
Stress=Y×Strain

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