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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