Will current flow more easily through a thick wire or a thin wire of the same material, when connected to the same source? Why?

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Current will flow more easily through a thick wire than a thin wire of the same material when connected to the same source. 
Because a thick wire has a larger area of cross-section, so it offers less resistance to the flow of current. Lower resistance means more current can flow.

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