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Quick questions on Stress, strain and material properties: Young's modulus and factor of safety - SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science

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State the relationship for tensile stress. [1 mark]
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A wire of strain 0.00250.0025 is under a stress of 5.0×108 Pa5.0 \times 10^8\ \text{Pa}. Find Young's modulus. [2 marks]
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State one reason a factor of safety is used. [1 mark]

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