An $8\,m$ long copper wire and $4\,m$ long steel wire, each of cross section $0.5\,cm^2$ are fastened end to end and stretched by $500\,N$ force. The elastic potential energy of the system is (Youngs mod $: Y_{cu}= 1\times 10^{11}\,N/m^2,$ $Y_{steel} = 2\times 10^{11}\,N/m^2$ ) :
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