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Grade 12th passElectric Current

Question no . 51 .If a copper wire is stretched to make its radius decrease by .1% then the percentage increase in its resistance is approximately ????1. .1%2. .2%3. .4%4. .8%

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
Here volume remains constant so,resistance become inversely proportional to area.as area is proportional to r square.by applying %changes,we get that change in 1% in radius changes resistance about 4% but inversely proportional to each other