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The resistance of a conductor depends on :

  1. the temperature of the conductor
  2. the thickness of the conductor
  3. the length of the conductor
  4. all of the above

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all of the above

Reason — The three factors on which the resistance of wire depends are —

  1. Dependence on length of the wire — the resistance of a wire is directly proportional to the length of the wire.
    R ∝ l
  2. Dependence on the thickness of the wire — the resistance of a wire is inversely proportional to it's area of cross section (a) normal to the direction of flow of current.
    R ∝ 1a\bold{\dfrac{1}{a}}
  3. Dependence on the temperature of the wire — the resistance of conductor increases with an increase in it's temperature.

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