1. Determine the resistance of a 1609-meter length of 12-gauge copper wire. Given: length = 1609 meters, diameter = 0.002117 meter and resistivity = 1.7 x 10 ohm-meter.

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1. Determine the resistance of a 1609-meter length of 12-gauge copper wire.
Given: length = 1609 meters, diameter = 0.002117 meter and
resistivity = 1.7 x 10 ohm-meter.
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