Question

AB is an iron wire and CD is a copper wire of same length and same cross-section. BD is a rod of length 0.8 m. A load G = 2kg-wt is suspended from the rod. At what distance x from point B should the load be suspended for the rod to remain in a horizontal position ( Y꜀ᵤ = 11.8 x 10¹⁰ N / m², Yբₑ = 19.6 x 10¹⁰ N/ m² )

Options :

  1. 0.1 m

  2. 0.3 m

  3. 0.5 m

  4. 0.7 m

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Answer :

0.3 m

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