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One end of a horizontal thick copper wire of length 2L and radius 2R is welded to an end fo another horizontal thin copper wire of lenth L and radius R. When the arrangement is stretched by applying forces at two ends, the ratio of the elongation in the thin wire to that in the thick wire is

A

`0.25`

B

`0.5`

C

`2.00`

D

`4.00`

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C
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