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Question 5 3 pts A rectangular strip of rubber is 5.4 cm wide and 8.6 cm long. The rubber has a cross link density of 7.6 x 1026 per m³. The strip is loaded in tension (along the length direction) at 18°C with a load of 164 N. It must support the load by extending no more than 8 mm. What minimum thickness does the strip need to do be? (Remember that the cross-link density isn't the same as the number of chain segments, but assume there each chain segment goes between 2 cross-links and that each cross-link has 3 chain segments meeting). Enter your answer in mm, but without the unit, to 2 decimal places. You have a 2% margin of error on the answer.

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