Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 16 - Temperature and Heat - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 571: 95

Answer

$(A)~107~ft,~7.8~in$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\Delta L=\alpha L\Delta T$ $\implies \Delta L=(22\times 10^{-6}K^{-1})(107 \frac{5}{12}ft)(120-23^{\circ}C)$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta L=0.229ft\times 12in/ft=2.8in$ Now we can find the required length as $L=L_{\circ}+\Delta L$ $L=(107~ft,~5.0~in)+2.8in=107~ft,~7.8~in$
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