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Find the greatest length of steel wire that can hang vertically without breaking.Breaking stress of steel `=8.0xx10^(8) N//m^(2)`. Density of steel `=8.0xx10^(3) kg//m^(3)`. Take `g =10 m//s^(2)`.

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`1.02xx10^(4)m`
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