One end of a horizontal thick wire of length 2 L and radius 2 R is welded to another wire of same material of length L and radius R. When the arrangement is stretched by applying forces at two ends, find the ratio of the elongation in the thin wire to that in the thick wire
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C
For the first wire, elongation 
For the second wire, elongation 
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