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A piece of copper having a rectangular cross section of `15.2 xx 19.1 mm` is pulled in tension with 45,500N, force producing only elastic deformation. Calculate the resulting strain. Shear modulus of elasticity of copper is `42 xx 10^(9)Nm^(-2)`.

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