Yes, that is the correct answer.
Now, how did we get that?
From this definition of Young's modulus, we can solve for the
compression l,
l
= [ (7 x 104 N)(4 m) ] / [ (20 x
1010 Pa)(8 x 10 - 3 m2) ]
l
= 1.75 x 10 - 4 m
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