CHAPTER 5: RESISTANCE

WORKED SOLUTIONS
(These answers might differ slightly from those given in original questions due to
rounding off of numbers)

Question 2.

If 500 m of copper wire has a resistance of 32 , then

32
the resistance per metre length = = 0.064 /m.
500
So, the length of copper wire having a resistance of 90 , must be:
resistance 90
length = = = 1406 m (Answer)
resistance per metre length 0.064

Question 5.
l
Since R =
A
A
then = R
l
2
1.6 103
= ( 0.8 10 ) = ( 0.64 10 )  2 10 m
3 2
where A = r =
2 6 6 2

2
A 2 106
So, = R = 0.1 = 16.67 109 m or 16.67 n m (Answer)
l 12