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Q: What happens to the resistance of wire if it is made thinner?
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What property of wire increases when it is made thinner?

resistance


What property wire increases when it is made thinner?

electrical resistance


How does the thickness of the wire affect resistance?

A thicker wire has less resistance than a thinner wire.


How does the thickness of wire affect the resistance?

A thicker wire has less resistance than a thinner wire.


What property of a wire increases when is made thinner?

It's resistance to electric current increases.


What happens to the resistivity of a conductor when it is made thinner and longer?

Resistance of wire increases wen we make it thin. Because R is inversely prop. To cross section area of wire.


What property of a wire increases when it is made thinner?

It's resistance to electric current increases.


Why does a thinner wire have less resistance?

With a given material, the resistance is inversely proportional to its area of cross section and so the radius. That means wire becoming thinner the resistance increases not decreases as said in the question.


How is the resistance of a conducting wire affected if it is made thinner?

The_wire_resistance_increases.">The wire resistance increases.No, the resistance of the wire decreases if a thicker (larger gauge) wire is used.


What happens to resistance of the wire if the wire is short?

Short wire has less resistance Long wire has more resistance Thick wire has less resistance Thin wire has more resistance


What type of wire increases when it is made thinner?

Since resistance is inversely-proportional to cross sectional area, the lower the cross-sectional area, the higher the resistance. So ALL types of wire exhibit this behaviour!


Do thicker or thinner wires have more Resistance?

Over the same distance the larger diameter wire will have less resistance that the smaller diameter wire.