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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Current Electricity

In order to quadruple the resistance of a uniform wire, a part of it is uniformly stretched so that the final length of the wire becomes 1.5 times the original length. The fractional length of the stretched part is

  1. A \(\frac{1}{6}\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{8}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{10}\)
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(B) \(\frac{1}{8}\)

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\(\frac{1}{8}\)