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assuming that voltage remains constant, what happpens to the current in a wire as its diameter decreases?
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assuming that voltage remains constant, what happpens to the current in a wire as its diameter decreases?

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A larger diameter wire has lower resistance. A lower resistance wire produces less heat for a given current flowing through it.
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