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Which most likely has the greatest conductivity?

a warm plastic rod
a cool rubber tube
a cool silver strip
a warm copper wire

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Cool silver strip.

Reason: Metals conduct far better than plastics or rubber, and silver has the highest electrical conductivity of common metals. Cooler temperature slightly improves metal conductivity (lower resistivity), so a cool silver strip will conduct better than a warm copper wire.