College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 10 - Conceptual Questions - Page 396: 14

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A given tensile stress will produce a given elongation. Wires of different length can be made comprising of number of springs in series. So the elongation of the wire is the sum of elongation of all springs in series. The elongation is thus proportional to the number of springs, and thus wire's initial length.
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