Physics · 2020
JEE Main · 9 January 2020, Shift 2 · Q8
Two steel wires having same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume is 1: 4, the…
Two steel wires having same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume is $\displaystyle 1$ : $\displaystyle 4$, the ratio of their diameters is :
Official answer
(3)
$\displaystyle \sqrt{2}: 1$
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