Answer to Question #26249 in Physics for thakshi

Question

Alight rod of length 200 cm is suspended from the ceiling horizontally by means of two vertical wires of equal lengths tied to its ends. One of the wires is made of steel and is of cross section 0.1cm and the other is of brass of cross section 0.2 cm. If the young's Modulus of brass and Young's Modulus of steel are 1 〖10〗^7 N 〖cm〗^(-2) and 2 〖10〗^7 N 〖cm〗^(-2) respectively, find the position along the rod at which a weight may be hung to produce Equal stress in both wires.