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If a bar is made of copper whose coefficient of linear expansion is one and a half times that of iron, the ratio of the force developed in the copper bar to the iron bar of identical lengths and cross-sections, when heated through the same temperature range (Young’s modulus for copper may be taken equal to that of iron) is

a)

3/2

b)

2/3

c)

9/4

d)

4/9



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If a bar is made of copper whose coefficient of linear expansion is one and a half times that of iron, the ratio of the force developed in the copper bar to the iron bar of identical lengths and cross-sections, when heated through the same temperature range (Young’s modulus for copper may be taken equal to that of iron) is

a)

3/2

b)

2/3

c)

9/4

d)

4/9

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