A student carried out an experiment to determine the Young modulus of a sample of stainless steel in the form of a wire. The student added weights to the wire and measured the corresponding extensions.
The wire had an unstretched length of 2.6 m. The diameter of the wire was 5.6 × 10–4 m.
The student plotted a graph of weight against extension. The graph showed that the limit of proportionality was not exceeded.
The student's graph is shown below.
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Young modulus = ........................................
Deduce whether it is safe for the student to increase the weight to 100.0 N.
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