The specific resistance of a material having length 10cm is 1.7*10^-6 ohm metre. The specific resistance of same material having length 20cm is the same. why? explain

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Specific resistance does not depend on length and area of cross section of the conductor. It only depends on the nature of material. It has different values for different material.

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