An aluminum wire 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a copper wire 6 m long. When a current of 5 A is passed through the combination it is found that the current in aluminum wire is 3 A. The diameter of aluminum wire is 1 mm. Determine the diameter of the copper wire. Resistivity of copper is 1.7 x 10 -6 ohm-cm and that of aluminum is 1.724 micro-ohm-cm.

An aluminum wire 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a copper wire 6 m long. When a current of 5 A is passed through the combination it is found that the current in aluminum wire is 3 A. The diameter of aluminum wire is 1 mm. Determine the diameter of the copper wire. Resistivity of copper is 1.7 x 10 -6 ohm-cm and that of aluminum is 1.724 micro-ohm-cm.

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