If a wire of resistivity is stretched to double its length, then its new resistivity will:
Physics · Class 12 · CBSE — Current Electricity
If a wire of resistivity \(\rho\) is stretched to double its length, then its new resistivity will:
- be half
- be 4 times
- be double
- not change
Answer
(D) not change
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