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If you grab each end of a pencil and try to pull the ends apart, you...

If you grab each end of a pencil and try to pull the ends apart, you are putting the pencil under tension or tensile stress; if you push the ends toward each other, you are putting the pencil under:

A.) compression

B.) tension

C.) fracture

D.) both A and B are correct

(please do not answer if you are not completely sure)

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tensile stress : stress that tends to lengthen the material

compressive stress : tress that tends to compress the material

hence the answer is A) compression

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