If You Grab Each End of a Pencil and Try

question 22

Multiple Choice

If you grab each end of a pencil and try to pull the ends apart, you are putting the pencil under tension or tensile stress; if you push the ends toward each other, you are putting the pencil under

• A) volume stress.
• B) compressive stress.
• C) shear stress.
• D) Both A and B are correct.
• E) Only C is correct.

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