According to Hooke's law of elasticity, if stress is increaed, the ratio of stress to strain

Options

A. decreases
B. increases
C. becomes zero
D. remains constant

Answer

A

Explanation

Hooke's law says that within the elastic limit , strees is directly proportional to the strain
i.e., Stress `prop` Strain or Stress = k Strain
`("Stress")/("Strain")=k`
where , k is the proportionality constant which is known as modulus of elasticity.