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Rowie25
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Homework Statement
A certain wire has a resistance of 78 Ω. What is the resistance of a second wire, made of the same material, that is 1/4 as long and has 1/2 the diameter?
I tried figuring out the equation and I ended up getting R2= 4p L1/4 divided by pi(d1/2)^2 and then I got that the resistance would be four times as great but that isn't correct. Please help! I'm not sure how to figure this out and it looks easy but I'm stuck. Thanks!