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IP(a) What is the resistance per meter of an aluminum wire

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Problem 21P

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(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.

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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,

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