A copper wire of length $1.0\, m$ and a steel wire of length $0.5\, m$ having equal cross-sectional areas are joined end to end. The composite wire is stretched by a certain load which stretches the copper wire by $1\, mm$. If the Young's modulii of copper and steel are respectively $1.0\times10^{11}\, Nm^{-2}$ and $2.0\times10^{11}\, Nm^{- 2}$, the total extension of the composite wire is ........ $mm$
JEE MAIN 2013, Medium
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