Two steel wires having same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume is $1: 4$,the ratio of their diameters is

  • A
    $1: \sqrt{2}$
  • B
    $1: 2$
  • C
    $2: 1$
  • D
    $\sqrt{2}: 1$

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