A steel wire can sustain $100\,kg$ weight without breaking. If the wire is cut into two equal parts, each part can sustain a weight of ......... $kg$
AIEEE 2012, Medium
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Breaking force $\alpha $ area of cross section of wire Load hold by wire is independent of length of the wire.
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