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A metallic wire of length and diameter 300 cm and 0.1 cm. respectively is stretched by a load of 10 kg. Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for the material of the wire are `20 times 10^11 dyn.cm^-2` and 0.26 respectively Calculate the decrease in diameter of the wire.

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