COLLEGE PHYSICS:STRATEGIC APPR.AP ED.
COLLEGE PHYSICS:STRATEGIC APPR.AP ED.
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780137574728
Author: Knight
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 41P

A glass optical fiber in a communications system has a diameter of 9.0 μm.

a. What maximum force could this fiber support without breaking?

b. Assume that the fiber stretches in a linear fashion until the instant it breaks. By how much will a 10-m-long fiber have stretched when it is at the breaking point?

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COLLEGE PHYSICS:STRATEGIC APPR.AP ED.

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