A Solid Steel Sphere with a Radius of 2

question 72

Multiple Choice

A solid steel sphere with a radius of 2.0 m falls off a ship and sinks to a depth where the pressure is 15 MN/m².The bulk modulus for this steel is 1.6 × 10¹¹ N/m².What is the change in the radius of the sphere?

• A)-0.021 mm
• B)-4.2 mm
• C)-0.42 mm
• D)-0.19 mm
• E)-0.062 mm

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