A marble column with a cross-sectional area of 25.2 cm2 supports a load of 7.0 × 104 N. The marble has a Young’s modulus of 60 GPa and a compressive strength of 200 MPa. A) What is the stress in the column? in Pa B) What is the strain in the column?  C) If the column is 2.00 m high, how much is its length changed by supporting the load?  in m

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A marble column with a cross-sectional area of 25.2 cm2 supports a load of 7.0 × 104 N. The marble has a Young’s modulus of 60 GPa and a compressive strength of 200 MPa.

A) What is the stress in the column? in Pa

B) What is the strain in the column? 

C) If the column is 2.00 m high, how much is its length changed by supporting the load?  in m

D) What is the maximum weight the column can support? in N 

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