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What is the effect on the current in a wire if both the voltage across it and its resistance are doubled? If both are halved?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter21: Current And Direct Current Circuits

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