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1) Answer the following:
a) A certain metal cable has a resistance R, and we have another cable of the same material with the same length, but twice its diameter. The resistance of the second wire will be:
a) 1/4 R
b) 1/2 R
c) 2 R
d) 4 R
b) The resistance of a
a) mass
b) long
c) Sectional area
d) resistivity
e) temperature
c) Which of the following combinations of length and sectional area for a certain copper cable will have the least resistance:
a) L and A
b) 2L and 1/2 A
c) 1/2 L and 2A
d) It does not matter because the volume of copper remains constant
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