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A wire  has a resistance of . Another wire  of same material but length twice that of  has resistance of . If  is the radius of cross-section of , the radius of cross-section of is

a)

b)

c)

d)



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A wire  has a resistance of . Another wire  of same material but length twice that of  has resistance of . If  is the radius of cross-section of , the radius of cross-section of is

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (c) -

(c)

Resistance, R

For wire P, 

Similarly for wire Q,

Dividing Eq.(i) by Eq. (ii), we have

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