A Heavy Crate Containing Artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria

question 23

Multiple Choice

A heavy crate containing artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria is to be shipped to London to be part of an exhibition. The artworks weigh 800 kg and are securely fastened in cubic crate 1 m on a side. This crate is placed on top of a rubber mat in the back of a cargo plane. The rubber mat has an uncompressed thickness of 2 cm and a Young's Modulus of 100 000 N m-2. By how much will the mat be compressed when the crate is placed on it?

• A)0.03 mm.
• B)0.3 mm.
• C)3 mm.
• D)0.1 mm.
• E)1 mm.

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