There is a disk of cartilage between each pair of vertebrae in your spine. Youngs modulus for
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There is a disk of cartilage between each pair of vertebrae in your spine. Young’s modulus for cartilage is 1.0 × 106 N/m2.
Suppose a relaxed disk is 4.0 cm in diameter and 5.0 mm thick. If a disk in the lower spine supports half the weight of a 66 kg person, by how many mm does the disk compress?
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