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An electrical cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9mm. Its resistance is 10ohm. This single copper wire of the cable is replaced by 6 identical well insulated copper wires each of radius 3mm. What will be the new resistance of the cable?

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We know that Resistance Formula :

Formel

R = resistance Ω
 ρ = specific resistance   Ω×m 
 l = length of the cable   m
 A = cross section area mm2
 

We know that resistance is inversely proportional to square of radius of the wire.

So if the radius of cross section is decreased by x then resistance will be increased by x2.

So in the given question initial radius is 9mm and the radius is decreased by 3mm. 

Hence the resistance will be increased by 9 times the initial resistance of the single cable.

So the resistance of the new cable will be R= 9*10= 90 ohm

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