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shofmannx20

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on: Jul 28, 2018
Explain the meaning of temperature.

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A current-carrying ohmic metal wire has a cross-sectional area that gradually becomes smaller from one end of the wire to the other. The current has the same value for each section of the wire, so charge does not accumulate at any one point. How does the resistance per unit length vary along the wire as the area becomes smaller?
  1.It increases.
  2.It decreases.
  3.It remains constant.


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brittiany.barnes

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold an object is, or more specifically,
temperature is proportional to the average kinetic energy of the molecules that make
up the object.

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shofmannx20

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Wow, this really help

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