Question: The femur is a bone in the leg whose minimum cross-sectional area is about 4.1 x 10-4 m2. A compressional force in excess of 7.7

 The femur is a bone in the leg whose minimum cross-sectional

The femur is a bone in the leg whose minimum cross-sectional area is about 4.1 x 10-4 m2. A compressional force in excess of 7.7 x 10 N will fracture this bone. Bone has a compressional Young's modulus of 9.4 x 109 N/m2. (a) Find the maximum stress that this bone can withstand. (b) What is the strain that exists under a maximum-stress condition? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units

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