10. The steel used to support the roadway of a suspension bridge breaks under astress of 1.61 x 109 Pa. Calculate:a) the minimum diameter of a steel cable if it is to support a load of mass2.0 × 105 kg.b) the strain produced at the breaking point if the Young modulus of steel is2.0 x 1011 Pa.(MATSEC September 2006)

10. The breaking stress is P = 1.61 x 109 Paa) The load is F = 2.0 x 105 kg = (2.0 x 105)x9.81 =…

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