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(a) What do you understand by the ''resistivity'' of a substance?
(b) A wire is 1.0m long, 0.2 mm in diameter and has a resistance of `10 Omega`. Calculate the resistivity of its material?

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(b) `3.14 xx 10^(-7) Omega m`
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