Click the link below: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/resistance-in-a-wire/latest/resistance-in-a-wire_en.html Now increase the length (L) (you would essentially be designing a different resistor, since you can’t do this to one you will be using in a circuit). What happens to “R”? WHY? Now increase the area (A) of the resistor. What happens to “R”? WHY?

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  1. Now increase the length (L) (you would essentially be designing a different resistor, since you can’t do this to one you will be using in a circuit). What happens to “R”? WHY?
  2. Now increase the area (A) of the resistor. What happens to “R”? WHY? 
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