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Two wires A and B of same dimensions are stretched by same amount of force .Young's modulus of A is twice that of B. Which wire will get more elongation?

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`Deltal=F/axxl/Y rArr ` If Y is more than `Deltal` is less , hence B will get more elongation.
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