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What happens to the resistance when the conductor is made thicker?
What happens to the resistance when the conductor is made thicker?
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The resistance of the wire will decrease if we make the conductor thicker because
(Where A= area of cross-section or thickness of wire)
. We know that area is directly proportional to the radius of the wire and inversely proportional to resistance.
The resistance of the wire will decrease if we make the conductor thicker because
(Where A= area of cross-section or thickness of wire)
. We know that area is directly proportional to the radius of the wire and inversely proportional to resistance.
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