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A fuse wire with a circular cross-section and having a diam eter of 0.4mm blows with a current of 3 ampere. The value of current for which another fuse wire made of the same material but having circular co rss-section with diameter of 0.6mm will blow is:-

A

3A

B

`3xxsqrt((3)/(2))A`

C

`3xx((3)/(2))^((3)/(2))A`

D

`3xx((3)/(2))A`

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