A length of aluminum wire is connected to a precision 10.00-VV power supply, and a current of 0.4132 AA is precisely measured at 23.5 ∘C∘C. The wire is placed in a new environment of unknown temperature where the measured current is 0.3638 AA . The temperature coefficient of resistivity of aluminum is 0.00429 (∘C)−1(∘C)−1. What is the unknown temperature?

A length of aluminum wire is connected to a precision 10.00-VV power supply, and a current of 0.4132 AA is precisely measured at 23.5 ∘C∘C. The wire is placed in a new environment of unknown temperature where the measured current is 0.3638 AA . The temperature coefficient of resistivity of aluminum is 0.00429 (∘C)−1(∘C)−1. What is the unknown temperature?

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