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Two conductors are made of the same material and have the same length. Conductor A is a solid wire of diameter 1.2 mm. Conductor B
is a hollow tube of outside diameter 2.5 mm and inside diameter 1.2 mm. What is the resistance ratio RA/RB, measured between their
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$R = ρ \frac{L}{A}$ ----- eq1

where R is the Resistance, L is the length of the material

A is the cross-sectional area of the material.

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