A 30 m. steel tape is 2 mm too long at 20° C with a pull of 55 N. A rectangle in measured with this tape. The sides are recorded as 144.95 m. and 113.00 m. The average temperature during the measurement is 30° C with a pull of 55 N. Use coefficient of expansion of steel tape as 0.0000116/°C. What is the true area?

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24. A 30 m. steel tape is 2 mm too long at 20° C with a pull of 55 N. A rectangle in measured with this tape. The sides are recorded as 144.95 m. and 113.00 m. The average temperature during the measurement is 30° C with a pull of 55 N. Use coefficient of expansion of steel tape as 0.0000116/°C. What is the true area?

 
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