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A spring is made of steel and not of copper because

A

steel is more elastic than copper

B

steel is less elastic than copper

C

steel or less plastic than copper

D

steel is less plastic than copper

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A
Steel is more elastic than copper. Due to this reason that spring are mode of steel not copper.
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