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The Shear Modulus of Steel Is 8

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The shear modulus of steel is 8.1 × 1010 N/m2. A steel nail of radius 7.5 × 10-4 m projects 0.040 m horizontally outward from a wall. A man hangs a wet raincoat of weight 28.5 N from the end of the nail. Assuming the wall holds its end of the nail, what is the vertical deflection of the other end of the nail?


A) 1.8 × 10-3 m
B) 3.3 × 10-2 m
C) 7.9 × 10-6 m
D) 4.2 × 10-4 m
E) 2.1 × 10-5 m

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