The breaking stress of aluminium is $7.5 \times 10^7 \,Nm ^{-2}$. The greatest length of aluminium wire that can hang vertically without breaking is ......... $\times 10^3 \,m$ (Density of aluminium is $2.7 \times 10^3 \,kg m ^{-3}$ )
  • A$283$
  • B$28.3$
  • C$2.83$
  • D$0.283$
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