The area of cross section of the rope used to lift a load by a crane is $2.5 \times 10^{-4} m ^{2}$. The maximum lifting capacity of the crane is $10$ metric tons. To increase the lifting capacity of the crane to $25$ metric tons, the required area of cross section of the rope should be.$.........\times 10^{-4} \,m ^{2}$ (take $g =10\, ms ^{-2}$ )
  • A$6.25$
  • B$10$
  • C$1$
  • D$1.67$
JEE MAIN 2022, Medium
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