A thick brass wire of length ' $\mathrm{L}$ ' and density ' $\rho$ ' is suspended from rigid support. Due to…

A thick brass wire of length ' $\mathrm{L}$ ' and density ' $\rho$ ' is suspended from rigid support. Due to its own weight, $' \ell^{\prime}$ is the increase in length. Young's modulus ' $\mathrm{Y}^{\prime}$ of brass wire in terms of density is $(\mathrm{g}=$ acceleration due to gravity)
  1. $\mathrm{Y}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{gL}}{4 \ell}$
  2. $\mathrm{Y}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{gL}^{2}}{4 \ell}$
  3. $\mathrm{Y}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{gL}}{3 \ell}$
  4. $\mathrm{Y}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{gL}^{2}}{\ell}$

Solution

$Y=(F / A) \cdot(L / \Delta L) \quad(\because \Delta L=l)$ $=\frac{M g L}{A \Delta L}$ $=\frac{\rho g L^{2}}{l} (\because M=\rho A l)$ $\because$ (option 4 is correct)

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (19 Oct Shift 1)

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