The femur is a bone in the leg whose minimum cross-sectional area is about 4.0 10

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The femur is a bone in the leg whose minimum cross-sectional area is about 4.0 × 10−4 m2. A compressional force in excess of 6.8 × 104 N will fracture this bone.

(a) Find the maximum stress that this bone can withstand. 

(b) What is the strain that exists under a maximum-stress condition?

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Physics

ISBN: 9781119539636

11th Edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler

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