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A copper wire of length 4.0 m has a uniform cross-sectional area of 4.5 × 10⁻⁷ m². A tensile force of 18 N is applied to the wire. This causes the wire to extend by 1.4 mm up to its limit of proportionality.

Calculate the Young modulus of the wire.

9702/21/M/J/24Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics 9702 · May/June 2024 · Paper 2 variant 1 · Question 4(b)(i)

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