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Date November 2017 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 17N.2.SL.TZ0.b
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Deduce Question number b Adapted from N/A
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17N.2.SL.TZ0.b

Electrical resistors can be made by forming a thin film of carbon on a layer of an insulating material.

The current direction is now changed so that charge flows vertically through the film.

Deduce, without calculation, the change in the resistance.

[2]

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as area is larger and length is smaller

resistance is «very much» smaller

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