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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.2.SL.TZ1.4a
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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18M.2.SL.TZ1.4a

An ohmic conductor is connected to an ideal ammeter and to a power supply of output voltage V.

M18/4/PHYSI/SP2/ENG/TZ1/04

The following data are available for the conductor:

                    density of free electrons     = 8.5 × 1022 cm−3

                    resistivity                          ρ = 1.7 × 10−8 Ωm

                    dimensions           w × h × l = 0.020 cm × 0.020 cm × 10 cm.

 

The ammeter reading is 2.0 A.

(a)

Calculate the resistance of the conductor.

[2]

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1.7 × 10–8 ×  0.10 ( 0.02 × 10 − 2 ) 2

0.043 «Ω»

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