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Two conductors have the same resistance at C but their temperature coefficients of resistance are . The respective temperature coefficients of their series and parallel combinations are nearly

a)

b)

c)

d)



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Two conductors have the same resistance at C but their temperature coefficients of resistance are . The respective temperature coefficients of their series and parallel combinations are nearly

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (d) -

(d)

Let  be the initial resistance of both conductors.

 At temperature  their resistances will be,

)

and

For series combination,

Where,

or 

For parallel combination,

Where,

as  are small quantities.

 is negligible.

or

as is negligible

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