When a thin copper wire that is 178 m long is connected between a 1.2-V potential difference, the current through the wire is 2.0 amps. What is the diameter of this wire? The resistivity of copper is 1.72 × 10-8 ? ? m

What will be an ideal response?


2.5 mm

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is not considered a potential solution to the question of why we lack any evidence of a galactic civilization?

A) The galactic civilization is deliberately avoiding contact with us. B) There is no galactic civilization because we are the first species ever to achieve the ability to study the universe. C) There is no galactic civilization because all civilizations destroy themselves before they achieve the ability to colonize the galaxy. D) The galactic civilization probably is undetectable because they operate under different laws of physics from the ones we know.

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