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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