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Two wires made of the same material have the same lengths (Physics Help)

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-03-20] [Hit: ]
or,V/R = I since V is the same and R is different I must be different.......
Greetings,
need some help EXPLAINING as to why the answer is (B), the current. i am not sure. thanks so much for your assistance.

Two wires made of the same material have the same lengths but different diameters. They are connected in parallel to a battery. The quantity that is NOT the same for the wires is:
A) the end-to-end-potential difference
B) the current
C) the current density
D) the electric field
E) the electron drift velocity

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The current is the only thing that is different.
The potential difference is determined by the battery that is connected equally to them both.
And the electric field is EMF / length and as both of these are the same then the field is the same for both wires.

The current density and the electron drift velocity are both a function of the electric field within the material. But as the electric field is the same for both and the material is the same then so too are these parameters.

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The current is different because the voltage is the same - since they're connected to the same battery, but the diameter of the two wires are different so their resistance is different.

V = I R

or, put another way

V/R = I since V is the same and R is different I must be different.
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