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Old 10-21-2001, 02:40 PM   #1
Kaz
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I am writing a Physics test on Thursday, and am kind of stuck on this point.
We are doing (among others) high voltage cables and why we use them. Now, I have a question. The resistance of the cables would be Resistance = rho * length/area (R=rho * l/A), rho being the resistance factor of the material. Now, you also calculate the resistance by Resistance = Voltage/Amperage (R = U/I). However, of course, if you change the voltage the resistance of the cables would change, but that is impossible because they are a fixed length, area and material! HELP!!! What changes? What IS the resistance I got in the second computation?

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