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What is the effect of increasing the width of a wire on it's resistance, and why?
Thanks
Neil
Thanks
Neil
You pretty much got it. Just think of a pipe where you can vary the diameter to affect the water flow.Does it decrease because there are more electrons to move freely?
Sorry, but what does pL represent?So now that you've figured it out with help from ranger, here is the general equation that you should memorize (yes, there are a handful of equations that you should memorize):
[tex]R = \frac{\rho L}{A}[/tex]
So an increase in the "width" of a conductor increases the area of the conductor, which does what?