How Does Temperature Affect Copper Wire Resistivity?

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Homework Statement


Initially, copper wire is 20oC then raises the temperature of the wire casing the resistivity up 12%, find the temperature at the final.

Homework Equations


R=Rref[1+α(T-Tref)]

The Attempt at a Solution


I am completely confused with this mathematics problem,Stucking with the final resistivity ( R ) in the equation
 
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