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Chapter 18 Problem 18

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At 20-C, a rod is exactly 20.05 cm long on a steel ruler. Both are placed in an oven at 270-C, where the rod now measures 20.11 cm on the same ruler. What is the coefficient of linear expansion for the material of which the rod is made?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics 10 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230725

At 20-C, a rod is exactly 20.05 cm long on a steel ruler.

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