Laboratory tests on human teeth indicate that the area effective during chewing is approximately 0.25 cm2 and that the tooth length is about 1.1 cm. If the applied load in the vertical direction is 880 N and the measured shortening is 0.004 cm, determine the Young's modulus of the teeth.

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