A 25-kg television set rests on four rubber pads, each one having a height of 1.0 cm and a radius of 0.60 cm. A 200-N horizontal force is applied to the television set
How far does it move sideways due to the deformation of the rubber pads if the pads do not slide on the floor? The shear modulus of these rubber pads is 2.6 × 106 Pa.
A) 6.8 mm B) 1.3 mm C) 3.4 mm D) 1.5 mm E) 1.7 mm
E
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