A steel wire is stretched with a definite load. If the Young's modulus of the wire is $Y$. For decreasing the value of $Y$

  • A

    Radius is to be decreased

  • B

    Radius is to be increased

  • C

    Length is to be increased

  • D

    None of the above

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