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A wire of a certain material is stretched slowly by ten per cent. Its new resistance and specific resistance become respectively:
PhysicsCurrent ElectricityBITSATBITSAT 2021
Options:
  • A $1.2$ times, $1.3$ times
  • B $1.21$ times, same
  • C both remain the same
  • D $1.1$ times, $1.1$ times
Solution:
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The correct answer is: $1.21$ times, same
\(\mathrm{R}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{l}}{\mathrm{A}}\)

Now, \(1=1+\frac{1}{10}=\frac{111}{10}\)

and therefore, \(\mathrm{A}=\frac{10 \mathrm{~A}}{11}\)

So \(\mathrm{R}^{\prime}=\frac{\mathrm{p} \times\left(\frac{111}{10}\right)}{\frac{10 \mathrm{~A}}{11}}=\frac{\rho \mathrm{l}}{\mathrm{A}} \times \frac{(11)^{2}}{(10)^{2}}=1.21 \mathrm{R}\)

Now resistance becomes \(1.21\) times of initial and specific resistance is the intrinsic property so remains same.

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