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A wire whose cross-sectional area is `4 mm^2` is stretched by 0.1 mm by a certain load. If a similar wire of double the area of cross section is under the same load, then the elongation would be

A

0.5 mm

B

0.05 mm

C

0.005 mm

D

5 mm

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