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If a wire is stretched to double its length, find the new resistance if the original resistance of the wire was R.

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`"As we know that R"=(pl)/A`
`"in case R"=(pl)/A`
l=2l (volume of wire remains constant)
`A=A/2rArrR=(pxx2l)/(A//2)=4(pl)/A=4R`
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