A piece of wire is cut into four equal parts and the pieces are bundled together side by side to form a thicker wire. Compared with that of the original wire, the resistance of the bundle is

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1/16

$ \text{Let resistance of original wire is R}$ $ \text{Resistance of one part of the wire is R/4}$ $ \text{When these are connected in parallel then } R'= \frac{R}{16}$