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Im doing my resistance of a wire coursework. If a wire is longer why does the voltage increase and the current decrease?

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Andrew Boynton

  1. The resistance R increases because the electrons have to travel a longer length. Current I is inversely proportional to resistance R.

    I = V/R

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