Suppose you wish to fabricate a uniform wire out of 1.25 g of copper. If the wire is to have a resistance R = 0.480 N, and if all the copp (a) What will he the length of the wire?

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Suppose you wish to fabricate a uniform wire out of 1.25 g of copper. If the wire is to have a resistance R = 0.480 N, and if all the copp
(a) What will he the length of the wire?
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Given:

M=1.25

Density(D)=8940 Kg/m3

Resistivityρ=0.0171 Ωm

To find:

(a)Length of the uniform copper wire

(b)Diameter of the uniform copper wire

formula used:

  1. V=MD
  2. V=A×L
  3. R=ρLA
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