Q. According to Hooke’s law of elasticity, if stress is increased, the ratio of stress to strain

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Solution:

According to Hooke’s law, within the elastic limit, stress is directly proportional to the strain i.e.
Stress Strain
or Stress = k strain

where is the proportionality constant and is known as modulus of elasticity.