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Chapter 10, Problem 22P
A construction worker uses a steel tape to measure the length of an aluminum support column. If the measured length is 18.700 m when the temperature is 21.2°C, what is the measured length when the temperature rises to 29.4°C? Note: Don’t neglect the expansion of the tape.
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