


April 2024 Pop Quiz for Engineers
Happy Earth Day from the Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?



Happy Earth Day from the Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?
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I believe the question on resistivity is wrong. the resistivity of an object formulated p=RA/L. p being a conductors resistivity, R it’s resistance, A the cross sectional area, and L bring the length. One example of this is looking at voltage drop for long power cables. The longer the cable/conductor the more resistivity it has and the greater the voltage drops over the conductor.
That question tripped me up, but I am now wondering if the question asked about a conductors resistance and not its resistivity. Resistance, being a material property, is dependent on temperature and not geometry.