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20.3 Exercise 23

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A copper wire has a resistance of 0.500 Ω0 . \text{500 } \Omega at 20.0ºC\text{20} . 0º \text{C}, and an iron wire has a resistance of 0.525 Ω0 . \text{525 } \Omega at the same temperature. At what temperature are their resistances equal?

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