A wire has a diameter of 5 mils, what is the cross sectional area (in CM)?

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A wire has a diameter of 5 mils, what is the cross sectional area (in CM)?

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Given,

Diameter is d=5 mils.

The crosssectional area is

$A=d^2=5^2=25\text{ CM}$

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