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What equal length of an iron wire and a copper-nickel alloy wire, each of 2 mm diameter connected parallel to give an equivalent resistance of 3Ω?…

JEE Main 2021 — Physics Electromagnetism

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What equal length of an iron wire and a copper-nickel alloy wire, each of 2mm2\mathrm{mm}2mm diameter connected parallel to give an equivalent resistance of 3Ω3\Omega3Ω?

(Given resistivities of iron and copper-nickel alloy wire are 12μΩcm12\mu \Omega \mathrm{cm}12μΩcm and 51μΩcm51\mu \Omega \mathrm{cm}51μΩcm respectively)

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Held on 26 Aug 2021 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    97m97m97m

  2. B

    110m110m110m

  3. C

    90m90m90m

  4. D

    82m82m82m

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