Tensile Stress and Strain: a Sample of Tendon 3

Multiple Choice

Tensile stress and strain: A sample of tendon 3.00 cm long and 4.00 mm in diameter is found to break under a minimum force of 128 N. If instead the sample had been 1.50 cm long and of uniform composition and cross-sectional area, what minimum force would have been required to break it?

A) 32 N
B) 64 N
C) 128 N
D) 256 N
E) 512 N