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A material has twice the specific resistance of A circular wire made of has twice the diameter of a wire made of . Then for the two wires to have the same resistance, the ratio of their respective lengths must be
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Correct answer: D
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For a wire, resistance is where is resistivity, is length, and is cross-sectional area.
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Given:
- Material has twice the resistivity of :
- Diameter of wire is twice that of wire :
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Cross-sectional area of a circular wire is proportional to the square of diameter: So,
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For same resistance, Thus, Substitute and :
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Cancel common terms and : Hence, So,
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Therefore, the correct option is: which is option .
Comparison with stored answer: Stored correct answer is , which matches the derived answer.
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