JEE Main Physics question

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When a weight of 5 kg is suspended from a copper wire of length 30 m and diameter 0.5 mm, the length increases by 2.4 cm. If the diameter is doubled, the extension produced is

Answer: (B)

Solution

. Doubling the diameter reduces the extension to one-fourth: .

Question ID VK-154947