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Consider two wires, both 2.0 cm long. Wire A is 1.0 mm in diameter and wire B is 2.0 mm in diameter. Both wires have the same electric field acting in them. How do the magnitudes of the currents in these wires compare?

$$I_A = 4 \times I_B$$
$$I_A = 2 \times I_B$$
$$I_A = I_B$$
$$I_A = \frac{1}{2} \times I_B$$
$$I_A = \frac{1}{4} \times I_B$$
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