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A student has a resistor of unknown resistance. They find that the current through the resistor is 120 mA when the potential difference is 12 V. Work out the (d) resistance of the resistor.

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A student has a resistor of unknown resistance. They find that the current through
the resistor is 120 mA when the potential difference is 12 V. Work out the
(d)
resistance of the resistor.

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