What is the Young's modulus of a nylon rope used for climbing?

[pietro18]

Homework Statement

For safety climbing, a mountaineer uses a nylon rope that is 41m long and 0,4 cm in diameter. When supporting a 97kg climber, the rope elongates 1,8m. Find its Young’s modulus. The acceleration of gravity is 9,8 m/s2

a) 82,46 x 108 Pa
b) 17,18 x 108 Pa
c) 25 x 106 Pa
d) 86 x 10 6 Pa

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

 

[pietro18]

PLZ help

 

[SteamKing]

Pietro, please use one thread per HW problem. This cuts down on the confusion when folks want to reply to your posts.

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