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JEE Advanced · Physics · 10. Properties of Solids

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

  1. A 0.25
  2. B 0.50
  3. C 2.00
  4. D 4.00
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(C) 2.00

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As the two rods are in series, the force at the connecting surface will be same. F1=F2
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