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Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Electrical resistance or simply resistance is the property of a material that opposes the free flow of electrons through it. The total amount of resistance to the flow of charges (or current) is affected by many factors like the length of the conducting …

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A copper wire has a resistance of 0.500Ωat 20.0°C, and an iron wire has a resistance of 0.525Ωat the same temperature. At what temperature are their resistances equal?

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