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In an electrical cable there is a single wire of radius  of copper. Its resistance is  The cable is replaced by 6 different insulated copper wires, the radius of each wire is  Now the total resistance of the cable will be

a)

b)

c)

d)



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In an electrical cable there is a single wire of radius  of copper. Its resistance is  The cable is replaced by 6 different insulated copper wires, the radius of each wire is  Now the total resistance of the cable will be

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (a) -

(a)

Initially : Resistance of given cable

    …(i)

Finally : Resistance of each insulated copper wire is

 Hence equivalent resistance of

cable     …(ii)

on solving equation (i) and (ii), we get

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