An old light bulbs draws 45 w, rather than its ordinal 60.0 w, due to evaporate thinning of its filament. By what Factor is the diameter of its filament reduced, assuming uniform thinning along it’s linked? Neglect any effects used by temperature differences

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An old light bulbs draws 45 w, rather than its ordinal 60.0 w, due to evaporate thinning of its filament. By what Factor is the diameter of its filament reduced, assuming uniform thinning along it’s linked? Neglect any effects used by temperature differences. 
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