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Resistance is proportional to the length.
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The resistance is directly proportional to the length of the wire, the longer the wire the greater the resistance.
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Well the longer the wire the more collisions the electrons will have with the atoms in the way from one end of the wire to the other. Therefore the resistance will increase as the length increases. Also there is a formula which relates resisitance to length - other factors being kept constant - and the relationship can be seen through this formula as well.
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You can think of a long wire as several resistors in series together. In a series circuit, to find the total resistance you add the resistance of each resistor together. The more resistors you have the greater the total resistance. Likewise the longer the wire the greater the resistance. In a parallel circuit, the more resistors you have in parallel the more the resistance decreases, because it increases the number of pathways for the electricity to flow. This would be similar to increasing the diameter of a single piece of wire. The greater the diameter the lower the resistance.
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Provided the cross-section area of the wire is the same the resistance of the wire will increase with length. The longer the wire the higher will be the resistance.
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With an increase in the length of wire, the flow of the electrons will have a much longer distance to travel. As these electrons flow they collide with the atoms inside the wire, this decrease the overall drift velocity of the electrons which increases the resistance of wire. By extension, length of a wire is directly proportional to the resistance of a wire.
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As the length of the wire increases the resistance of the wire also increases. Assuming the temperature of the wire is constant as this will affect its resistance
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Assuming the wire is uniform in length, it will be directly proportional to its length. The temperature must also be constant as this will affect it.
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if the wire is made of a uniform material (with constant resistivity) and the wire has constant cross section, the resistance is proportional to length.
The resistance of a wire is directly proportional to the length of the wire. Think of it as a channel through which the current has to pass. The longer the channel the higher the obstruction to get through the channel.
The longer a wire, the greater its resistance. This varies linearly, doubling the length doubles the resistance. Likewise, halving the length halves the resistance.
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