a) Calculate the resistance of the resistor. (b) Calculate the conventional current in the resistor. (c) If the carbon resistor is replaced by one one-third the length and twice the cross-sectional area, how much would the conventional current in the new resistor now be worth if the same potential difference is maintained across its resistors? ends?

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A carbon resistor has a length of 25 mm and a uniform cross-sectional area equal to 0.3 mm^2. The conductivity of carbon at room temperature is 3 × 10^4 (A/m^2)(V/m). In a circuit the potential at one end of the resistor is V1 = 1.6V relative to ground and at the other end it is V2 = 1.8V.

(a) Calculate the resistance of the resistor.

(b) Calculate the conventional current in the resistor.

(c) If the carbon resistor is replaced by one one-third the length and twice the cross-sectional area, how much would the conventional current in the new resistor now be worth if the same potential difference is maintained across its resistors? ends?

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