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Given that resistivity of copper is `1.68xx10^(-8) Omega`m. Calculate the amount of copper required to draw a wire 10 km long having resistance of `10 Omega`. The density of copper is `8.9xx10^(3) kg m^(-3)`.

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`1492.2 kg`
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