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What Happens to the Resistance If the Conductor is Made Thinner? - Physics

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What happens to the resistance if the conductor is made thinner?
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If the conductor is made thinner, electrons get smaller area of cross-section to flow and it therefore, offers a large resistance.
 
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पाठ 4: Current Electricity - Exercise 4.1 ii [पृष्ठ १७४]

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फ्रँक Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
पाठ 4 Current Electricity
Exercise 4.1 ii | Q 2 | पृष्ठ १७४

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