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The resistivity of copper is 1.72 × 10-8 -m. A copper wire is 15.0 m long, and the wire diameter is
0.0500 cm. What is the resistance of the wire? Show your work.
1.Sx10
オこTUs00cm())
0.OIm
ー78 x102
R=
Ω
4
m2
R=
(1-72x1082m)15.0m
1-78x10?m2
=15x169
A wire of cross-sectional area 5.00 x 10-6 m² has a resistance of 1.75 Q. What is the resistance of a wire
of the same material and length as the first wire, but with a cross-sectional area of 8.75 x 10¬° m²? Show
your work.
R 3=
Transcribed Image Text:Physics Laboratory Manual Loyd The resistivity of copper is 1.72 × 10-8 -m. A copper wire is 15.0 m long, and the wire diameter is 0.0500 cm. What is the resistance of the wire? Show your work. 1.Sx10 オこTUs00cm()) 0.OIm ー78 x102 R= Ω 4 m2 R= (1-72x1082m)15.0m 1-78x10?m2 =15x169 A wire of cross-sectional area 5.00 x 10-6 m² has a resistance of 1.75 Q. What is the resistance of a wire of the same material and length as the first wire, but with a cross-sectional area of 8.75 x 10¬° m²? Show your work. R 3=
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