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A metallic wire of resistance 10 Omega i...

A metallic wire of resistance `10 Omega` is stretched to twice its length. Its new resistance would be

A

`4 Omega`

B

`2 Omega`

C

`8 Omega`

D

`16 Omega`

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B
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