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An electric cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9mm. Its resistance is 5ohm. This single copper wire of the cable is replaced by 6 different well insulated copper wires each of radius 3mm. The total resistance of the cable will now be equal to

A

7.5 ohm

B

45 ohm

C

90 ohm

D

270 ohm

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