Abstract
When an elastic string, natural length a, modulus of elasticity λ, is stretched by a distance x, the tension in the string is \( T = \lambda \frac{x}{a} \).
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© 1996 Roger & Betty Haines & Andrew May
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Haines, B., Haines, R., May, A. (1996). Work, power and energy. In: Mathematics A Level. Work Out. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13850-0_24
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