Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 755: 12

$R=0.49 \Omega$

We know that $R=\rho \frac{L}{A}$ $\implies R=\frac{\rho L}{\frac{\pi}{4}D^2}$ $R=\frac{4\rho L}{\pi D^2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $R=\frac{4(1.59\times 10^{-8})(5.9)}{\pi(0.49\times 10^{-3})^2}$ $R=0.49 \Omega$