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Tension in a string is the same throughout its length if the string is:

Amassless and inextensible
Bheavy and stretched
Cextensible but heavy
Dbroken at the middle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. massless and inextensible
Ideal (massless, inextensible) strings transmit tension uniformly.
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