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If you stretch a wire, it would become longer, and therefore thinner. The cross sectional area will decrease and so the resistance will increase.

in the real world, if it's stranded wire, the strands will likely break. Solid wire would not stretch evenly, and in either case insulation will tear, so I wouldn't recommend stretching a wire.

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