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Fiesta28 [93]
3 years ago
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Calculate the ratio of the resistance of 12.0 m of aluminum wire 2.5 mm in diameter, to 30.0 m of copper wire 1.6 mm in diameter

. The resistivity of copper is 1.68×10−8Ω⋅m and the resistivity of aluminum is 2.65×10−8Ω⋅m.
Physics
1 answer:
alukav5142 [94]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: 0.258

Explanation:

The resistance R of a wire is calculated by the following formula:

R=\rho\frac{l}{s}    (1)

Where:

\rho is the resistivity of the material the wire is made of. For aluminium is \rho_{Al}=2.65(10)^{-8}m\Omega  and for copper is \rho_{Cu}=1.68(10)^{-8}m\Omega

l is the length of the wire, which in the case of aluminium is l_{Al}=12m, and in the case of copper is l_{Cu}=30m

s is the transversal area of the wire. In this case is a circumference for both wires, so we will use the formula of the area of the circumference:

s=\pi{(\frac{d}{2})}^{2}  (2) Where d  is the diameter of the circumference.

For aluminium wire the diameter is  d_{Al}=2.5mm=0.0025m  and for copper is d_{Cu}=1.6mm=0.0016m

So, in this problem we have two transversal areas:

<u>For aluminium:</u>

s_{Al}=\pi{(\frac{d_{AL}}{2})}^{2}=\pi{(\frac{0.0025m}{2})}^{2}

s_{Al}=0.000004908m^{2}   (3)

<u>For copper:</u>

s_{Cu}=\pi{\frac{(d_{Cu}}{2})}^{2}=\pi{(\frac{0.0016m}{2})}^{2}

s_{Cu}=0.00000201m^{2}    (4)

Now we have to calculate the resistance for each wire:

<u>Aluminium wire:</u>

R_{Al}=2.65(10)^{-8}m\Omega\frac{12m}{0.000004908m^{2}}     (5)

R_{Al}=0.0647\Omega     (6)  Resistance of aluminium wire

<u>Copper wire:</u>

R_{Cu}=1.68(10)^{-8}m\Omega\frac{30m}{0.00000201m^{2}}     (6)

R_{Cu}=0.250\Omega     (7)  Resistance of copper wire

At this point we are able to calculate the  ratio of the resistance of both wires:

Ratio=\frac{R_{Al}}{R_{Cu}}   (8)

\frac{R_{Al}}{R_{Cu}}=\frac{0.0647\Omega}{0.250\Omega}   (9)

Finally:

\frac{R_{Al}}{R_{Cu}}=0.258  This is the ratio

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