A wire of a certain material is stretched slowly by ten percent. Its new resistance and specific resistance become respectively
  • A
    both remain the same
  • B$1.1 $ times ,$1.1$ times
  • C$1.2 $ times ,$1.1$ times
  • D$1.21$ times, same
AIPMT 2008, Medium
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