Question

(a) Compute the maximum longitudinal force that may be supported by a bone before breaking, given that the compressive stress at which bone breaks is 2.00  10⁸ N/m². Treat the bone as a solid cylinder of radius 1.48 cm.

(b) Young's modulus for bone is 2.00  10¹⁰ N/m². Estimate the strain in the bone just before breaking.
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Answer 1