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Investigating how resistance depends on shape There are many factors involved in this experiment, which include the following: The length of resistance putty The width of resistance putty The voltage running through the putty The position of the variable resistor The shape of the putty The factors, which I am going to investigate, are: The resistance of the putty, when at different lengths I predict that the shorter I cut the putty, the lower the resistance will be. The longer the length of putty, the higher the resistance will be. I think that this is because there are more atoms in a larger cylinder of putty than there are in a smaller piece of putty, this therefore means that in the larger cylinder of putty there is more chance that the electrons will collide with one of the atoms, therefore there is more resistance. Scientifically explained: Conductors have lower resistance when they are shorter because the electrons have a shorter...

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