What is the diameter of a 1.00-m length of tungsten wire whose resistance is 0.38 Ω ?

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What is the diameter of a 1.00-m length of tungsten wire whose resistance is 0.38 Ω ?

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The resistance of a piece of metal wire is given in terms of the resistivity of the metal as

R=ρLAρ is the resistivity of the metalL is the length of the metal wireA is the cross-sectional area of the wire

Since the cross-section of a wire is circular, the area of a wire is given as

A=πr2r is the radius of the wireIn terms of diameter, A=πd22A=πd24

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