Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A steel wire across and long hangs from a hook. Treating it as a spring, find its force constant, and how far a load stretches it. (.)
Young's modulus: . A wire stretches and acts as a spring with . A wire breaks when its stress reaches the breaking stress, whatever its length.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Area. .
Step 2. Force constant. .
Step 3. Stretch. .
Answer: and .
Check. A wire is a very stiff spring: about for each millimetre.
Watch out. belongs to this wire. A longer wire of the same steel is a softer spring.
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