A line was measured with a 50-m tape which was found to be 532.28 m. the tape is known to be of standard length at 20o C with coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116 m/o C. If the corrected length of the measured line is 532.37 m. long, at what temperature was the measurement made?
A line was measured with a 50-m tape which was found to be 532.28 m. the tape is known to be of standard length at 20o C with coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116 m/o C. If the corrected length of the measured line is 532.37 m. long, at what temperature was the measurement made?
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3. A line was measured with a 50-m tape which was found to be 532.28 m. the tape is known to be of standard length at
20o
C with coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116 m/o
C. If the corrected length of the measured line is 532.37
m. long, at what temperature was the measurement made?
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