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If an iron wire is stretched by `1%`, what is the strain on the wire?

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`"Increase in length"=e=1%=(1)/(100)l`
`therefore"Strain"=("elongation")/("original length")=(e)/(l)`
`=(1)/(100xxl)=(1)/(100)=0.01`
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