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Transcribed Image Text:Table 3.4: Resistivity of aluminum
Wire Radius Wire Radius
(mm)
(m)
Cross-sectional
Area, r² (m²)
Wire
Resistance
Length
(Ohms)
(m)
Slope of Resistance vs. Wire Length:_
Resistivity of aluminum (Slope x Cross-sectional Area):
% Error (Theoretical resistivity of aluminum is 2.65x10-8 Ohm-m):
2. Fill in the summary Table 4 below with the experimental resistivities calculated from the slopes
of your graphs, and the % error:
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