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A steel wire of length 4.7 m and cross-sectional area 3.0×105m23.0 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{m}^{2} stretches by the same amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and cross- sectional area of 4.0×105m24.0 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{m}^{2} under a given load. What is the ratio of the Young’s modulus of steel to that of copper?
Solution:  
Here, for steel wire,
Area of cross-section, A1=3.0×105m2A_{1}=3.0 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{m}^{2}
Stretching, Δl1=Δl\Delta l_{1}=\Delta l (say)
Stretching force on steel, F1=FF_{1}=F
For copper wire, length of wire, l2=3.5ml_{2}=3.5 \mathrm{m}
Area of cross-section, A2=4.0×105m2A_{2}=4.0 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{m}^{2}
Stretching, Δl2=Δl\Delta l_{2}=\Delta l (given);
Stretching force on copper, F2=FF_{2}=F
Let Y1Y_{1} and Y2Y_{2} be the Young's modulus of steel and copper wire respectively.
Y1=F1A1Δl1l1=F1×l1A1×Δl1(i)\therefore Y_{1}= \frac{ \frac{F_{1}}{A_{1}} }{ \frac{\Delta l_{1}}{l_{1}} } = \frac{F_{1} \times l_{1}}{A_{1} \times \Delta l_{1}} \ldots (i)
and Y2=F2×A2Δl2l2Y_{2}= \frac{ F_{2} \times A_{2} }{ \frac{\Delta l_{2}}{l_{2}} }
=F2×l2A2×Δl2= \frac{F_{2} \times l_{2}}{A_{2} \times \Delta l_{2}}
=F×3.54×105×Δl(ii)= \frac{F \times 3.5}{4 \times 10^{5} \times \Delta l} \ldots (ii)
Dividing (i) by (ii), we get
Y1Y2=F×4.73×105×Δl×4×105×ΔlF×3.5\frac{Y_{1}}{Y_{2}} = \frac{F \times 4.7}{3 \times 10^{-5} \times \Delta l} \times \frac{4 \times 10^{-5} \times \Delta l}{F \times 3.5}
=18.810.5=1.79=1.8= \frac{18.8}{10.5} = 1.79 = 1.8
Y1:Y2=1.8:1\Rightarrow Y_{1} : Y_{2} = 1.8 : 1
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