Young's Modulus of guitar string

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Homework Statement



A guitar string of diameter 0.6 mm and length 0.82 m is subject to a tension of 153 N. If the string stretches an amount 0.36 mm, what is Young's modulus of the string?

Homework Equations



Y=Stress/Strain
Stress=F/A
Strain=Amount of stress/Original Length

The Attempt at a Solution



Stress=153/(pi*(0.0003^2)
Strain= 0.00036/0.82

I converted all the units to meters, but it is still not right and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
 
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There is an unmatched parentheses on your calculation for stress, but other than that nothing appears to be wrong.