A silver wire has a resistance of 2.5 ohms. What will be the resistance of manganin wire having a diameter half of the silver wire and length of the one-fourth silver wire? Provided the resistivity of manganin wire is 25 times that of the silver wire.Exact answer only.No rounding off.

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A silver wire has a resistance of 2.5 ohms. What will be the resistance of manganin wire having a diameter half of the silver wire and length of the one-fourth silver wire? Provided the resistivity of manganin wire is 25 times that of the silver wire.Exact answer only.No rounding off.

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