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An aluminium wire 7.5 m long is connected in parallel with a copper wire 6 m long. When a current of 5 A is passed through the combination, it is found that the current in the aluminium wire is 3 A. The diameter of the aluminium wire is 1 mm. Determine the diameter of the copper wire. Resistivity of copper is 0.017 μΩ⋅m0.017\ \mu\Omega\cdot\text{m} and that of the aluminium is 0.028 μΩ⋅m0.028\ \mu\Omega\cdot\text{m} .

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