Question: A 1.0 10-3-kg spider is hanging vertically by a thread that has a Youngs modulus of 4.5 109 N/m2 and a radius of

A 1.0 × 10-3-kg spider is hanging vertically by a thread that has a Young’s modulus of 4.5 × 109 N/m2 and a radius of 13 × 10-6 m. suppose that a 95-kg person is hanging vertically on an aluminum wire. What is the radius of the wire that would exhibit the same strain as the spider’s thread, when the thread is stressed by the full weight of the spider?


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