A fiber-optic cable capable of handling 40 000 telephone calls simultaneously was laid under the ocean, a distance of 13 300 km. The cable was unreeled from shipboard at a mean temperature of 22°C and dropped to the ocean floor having a mean temperature of 5°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of the cable is 75 x 10-6/°C. The contraction of the cable is....

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A fiber-optic cable capable of handling 40 000 telephone calls simultaneously was
laid under the ocean, a distance of 13 300 km. The cable was unreeled from
shipboard at a mean temperature of 22°C and dropped to the ocean floor having a
mean temperature of 5°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of the cable is 75 x
10-6/°C. The contraction of the cable is..
Transcribed Image Text:A fiber-optic cable capable of handling 40 000 telephone calls simultaneously was laid under the ocean, a distance of 13 300 km. The cable was unreeled from shipboard at a mean temperature of 22°C and dropped to the ocean floor having a mean temperature of 5°C. The coefficient of linear expansion of the cable is 75 x 10-6/°C. The contraction of the cable is..
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