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Date	November 2010	Marks available	1	Reference code	10N.1.SL.TZ0.16
Level	Standard level	Paper	Paper 1	Time zone	Time zone 0
Command term		Question number	16	Adapted from	N/A

Question

Two resistors, made of the same material, are connected in series to a battery. The length of resistor X is twice that of resistor Y, and X has twice the cross-sectional area of Y.

N10/4/PHYSI/SPM/ENG/TZ0/16

$\frac{{{\text{resistance of X}}}}{{{\text{resistance of Y}}}}$ ?

A. $\frac{1}{4}$

B. $\frac{1}{2}$

C. 1

D. 4

Markscheme

C

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Core » Topic 5: Electricity and magnetism » 5.2 – Heating effect of electric currents

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