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Chapter 5: Resistance Worked Solutions

This document provides worked solutions to two questions about calculating resistance of copper wire. The first question calculates the resistance per meter using a given total resistance and length, and then uses that to find the length of wire with a given resistance. The second question calculates the resistivity of the material using the given resistance, length, and cross-sectional area of the wire.

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Chapter 5: Resistance Worked Solutions

This document provides worked solutions to two questions about calculating resistance of copper wire. The first question calculates the resistance per meter using a given total resistance and length, and then uses that to find the length of wire with a given resistance. The second question calculates the resistivity of the material using the given resistance, length, and cross-sectional area of the wire.

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CHAPTER 5: RESISTANCE

WORKED SOLUTIONS
(These answers might differ slightly from those given in original questions due to
rounding off of numbers)

Question 2.

If 500 m of copper wire has a resistance of 32 , then


32
the resistance per metre length = = 0.064 /m.
500
So, the length of copper wire having a resistance of 90 , must be:
resistance 90
length = = = 1406 m (Answer)
resistance per metre length 0.064

Question 5.
l
Since R =
A
A
then = R
l
2
1.6 103
= ( 0.8 10 ) = ( 0.64 10 )  2 10 m
3 2
where A = r =
2 6 6 2

2
A 2 106
So, = R = 0.1 = 16.67 109 m or 16.67 n m (Answer)
l 12

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