Suppose you wish to fabricate a uniform circular wire (imagine a long solid cylinder) from a mass m of a metal with density pm and electrical resistivity p. If the wire is to have a resistance of R and all the metal mass m is to be used, what must be (a) the length and (b) the diameter of this wire? Use the following parameters:

Suppose you wish to fabricate a uniform circular wire (imagine a long solid cylinder) from a mass m of a metal with density pm and electrical resistivity p. If the wire is to have a resistance of R and all the metal mass m is to be used, what must be (a) the length and (b) the diameter of this wire? Use the following parameters:

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter28: Current And Resistance

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