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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
9
Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
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9-1 and 9-2: Equilibrium
9-3: Muscles and Joints
9-4: Stability and Balance
9-5: Elasticity; Stress and Strain
9-6: Fracture
9-7: Arches and Domes

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 42
Q

By how much is the column in Problem 41 shortened if it is 8.6 m high?

A
3.0×105 m3.0 \times 10^{-5} \textrm{ m}
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This is Giancoli Answers with Mr. Dychko. Strain is the change in length of something that's been squished divided by its original length and we can multiply both sides by l naught for original length and you get that the change in length is strain times original length. And so from the previous problem, we found that the strain in this marble column is 3.5 times 10 to the minus 6 so we multiply that by 8.6 meters to get 3.0 times 10 to the minus 5 meters which is about 30 micrometers.

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