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Thin wires have high resistance whereas thick wires have low resistance why???

can anyone say answer of this ^_^​

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The best way to think about this is:

A thick/wide road, with many lanes, can carry more cars than a thin/narrow road, with only one or two lanes.

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Answer:

The resistance of a thin wire is greater than the resistance of a thick wire because a thin wire has fewer electrons to carry the current. The relationship between resistance and the area of the cross section of a wire is inversely proportional .

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