Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 422

Question: The length of the wire is doubled. Its conductance will be

[Kerala PMT 2004]

Options:

A) Unchanged

B) Halved

C) Quadrupled

D) 1/4 of the original value

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Conductance $ C=\frac{1}{R}=\frac{A}{\rho l},\Rightarrow ,C\propto \frac{1}{l} $