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    High School Why is strain greater in longer wires?

    I'm doing A-Level physics and I've been answering questions on Young's Modulus. I need to be able to explain why a long, thin wire is used when measuring the Young's Modulus of a material. I can give an explanation of why stress due to the wire being thinner is greater but I don't know why...