Two wires of the same material and length but different cross-sectional areas A1 and A2 (A1 > A2) are subjected to the same tensile force. Which wire will experience a greater elongation?
The wire with cross-sectional area A1
The wire with cross-sectional area A2
Both wires will experience the same elongation
The elongation depends on the density of the material
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A wire of cross-sectional area is stretched horizontally between two clamps loaded at a distance metres from each other. A weight suspended from the mid point of the wire. The strain produced in the wire, (if the vertical distance through which the mid point of the wire moves down x < l) will be
x/2l
x²/2l²
x/l
2x²/l²
