a) Calculate the ratios of transverse Young's modulus (E2 ) of the composite to the matrix modulus (Em ) for glass-epoxy and carbon-epoxy composites with 10% and 50% fibers by volume using the Mechanics of Materials Approach and the Halpin-Tsai equation, respectively.

E2 = Ec

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Ec Em = (-1) v + 1 Em Ec Em = (-1) v + 1 Em