Amount of compression this bone can stand before breaking

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Bone has a Young's modulus of about 1.80 1010 Pa. Under compression, it can withstand a stress of about 1.55 108 Pa before breaking. Assume that a femur (thigh-bone) is 0.60 m long, and calculate the amount of compression this bone can withstand before breaking.

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