To shear a cube-shaped object, forces of equal magnitude and opposite directions might be applied:
A)to opposite faces, perpendicular to the faces
B)to opposite faces, parallel to the faces
C)to adjacent faces, perpendicular to the faces
D)to adjacent faces, neither parallel nor perpendicular to the faces
E)to a single face, in any direction

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To shear a cube-shaped object, forces should be applied to opposite faces and in a direction parallel to those faces. This causes the layers of the object to slide over each other, resulting in a shear deformation.

To Shear a Cube-Shaped Object, Forces of Equal Magnitude and Opposite