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IP(a) What is the resistance per meter of an aluminum wire
Chapter 21, Problem 21P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 21P
IP
(a) What is the resistance per meter of an aluminum wire with a cross-sectional area of 2.4 × 10-7 m2.
(b) Would your answer to part (a) increase, decrease, or stay the same if the diameter of the wire were increased? Explain,
(c) Repeat part (a) for a wire with a cross-sectional area of 3.6 × 10−7 m2.
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QUESTION:
Problem 21P
IP
(a) What is the resistance per meter of an aluminum wire with a cross-sectional area of 2.4 × 10-7 m2.
(b) Would your answer to part (a) increase, decrease, or stay the same if the diameter of the wire were increased? Explain,
(c) Repeat part (a) for a wire with a cross-sectional area of 3.6 × 10−7 m2.
ANSWER:
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(a)
Here we need to find the resistance per meter of an aluminum wire which is having a cross sectional area of . The resistivity of the aluminium wire is taken to be .
Given data,
Area,
Resistivity,
Length,
To find,
Resistance per meter,