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The young's modulus for steel is much more then that for rubber. For the same longitudinal strain, which one will have greater tensil stress ?

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Young's modulus (Y) = `("Stress")/("Longitudinal strain")`
For same longitudinal strain, `" Y "prop` stress
`therefore " "(Y_("steel"))/(Y_("rubber"))=(("stress")_("steel"))/(("stress")_("rubber"))" ....(i)"`
But `" "Y _("steel")gtY_("rubber")`
`therefore" "(Y_("steel"))/(Y_("rubber"))gt1`
Therefore, from Eq. (i),
`" "(("stress")_("steel"))/(("stress")_("rubber")) gt 1`
`implies " "("stress")_("steel") gt ("stress")_("rubber")`
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