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A steel wire of length 2.06 m with circular cross section must stretch no more than 0.290 cm when a tensile force of 350 N is applied to each end of the wire.

1. What minimum diameter d_min is required for the wire? Express your answer in millimeters. Take Young's modulus for steel to be Y = 2à?1011 Pa.

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We have the relation ship
Young modulus E=Lo*F/(deltaL*A)
wherer E=young modulus (Pa)
F = force (N)
Lo = original length
deltaL= change in ...

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