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What is the resistance of a 6.0 m long gold wire (ρgold = 5.6 x 10 -8 Ω-m) whose cross-sectional area is 5×10 -7m 2 ? (Please show some work
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Answer:
R =0.672 ohms
Explanation:
We have,
Length of a gold wire is 6 m
Resistivity of gold is
Area of cross section of the wire is
The resistance of a wire is given by the relation as follows :
So, the resistance of the gold wire is 0.672 ohms.