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A long wire is broken into two unequal parts and . The part of the wire is stretched into another wire . Length of is twice the length of and the resistance of is twice that of . Find the ratio of length of and.
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Resistance of a wire is given by , where, is conductivity, is length of wire and is cross-sectional area of wire.
For a single wire, and are constant.
Thus, for parts and , resistance, .
When wire is stretched to double of its length, then resistance becomes four times, thus, .
Hence, the ratio is .
So,
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