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A wire of given metarial having length l and ares of cross-section A has a resistance of `4 Omega`. What would be the resistance of another wire of the same meterial having length l/2 and area of cross-section 2A ?

A

`1Omega`

B

`2Omega`

C

`3Omega`

D

`4Omega`

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