A 10 m long wire of a particular material is of reistance 5Ω What will be the resistance: (i) … iv) if the wire is stretched to…
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Given : The resistance of 10m long wire = 5Ω
(i) R α l for same thickness material so if the length of wire becomes half of previous value, resistance will also become 1/2th of its previous value.
Or R = ½ x 5Ω = 2.5Ω
(ii) For the wire of double the radius, the area of cross-section (a = πr2) of wire will be four times that of previous wire. Since resistance R α 1/a. So the resistance of new –wire will be one-fourth of the previous wire, i.e., it will be ¼ x 5Ω = 1.25Ω
(iii) On doubling the wire on itself the length is reduced to half and area of cross section is doubled so the resitance is reduced to one-fourth i.e., the resistance of the wire will become :
¼ x 5Ω = 1.25Ω
(iv) On stretching the wire to double its length, the length is doubled and its area of cross-section is reduced to half. So the resistance becomes four ‘times’ i.e., the resistance of the wire will become :
4 x 5Ω = 20Ω