Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Books a la Carte Edition
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Author: GIANCOLI, Douglas C.
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Chapter 25, Problem 23P
(II) A length of aluminum wire is connected to a precision 10.00-V power supply, and a current of 0.4212 A is precisely measured at 20.0°C. The wire is placed in a new environment of unknown temperature where the measured current is 0.3818 A. What is the unknown temperature?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Books a la Carte Edition
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