)A strand of dragline silk is 6 um about in diameter, about 10% the diameter of a human hair. What is the largest mass that can be supported by a wire of dragline silk and by a very fine copper wire of the same diameter? (Tensile strength of silk: 1000 x 106 N/m2 and tensile strength of copper: 200 x 106 N/m²)

)A strand of dragline silk is 6 um about in diameter, about 10% the diameter of a human hair. What is the largest mass that can be supported by a wire of dragline silk and by a very fine copper wire of the same diameter? (Tensile strength of silk: 1000 x 106 N/m2 and tensile strength of copper: 200 x 106 N/m²)

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