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londonang

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A solid steel column is 4.0 m long and 0.20 m in diameter. Young's modulus for this steel is 2.0  1011 N/m2. By what distance does the column shrink when a 5000-kg truck is supported by it?
 
  A) 3.2  10-6 m B) 8.0  10-7 m C) 3.1  10-5 m D) 7.8  10-6 m

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A sonic boom occurs only as an airplane just reaches the speed of sound in air, but not after it increases its speed further.
 
  A) True B) False



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

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