Steel railroad tracks are laid when the temperature is 5.0 °C. A standard section of rail is then 12.0 m long. The gap should be left between rail sections so that there is no compression when the temperature gets as high as 42 °C is ____________ cm.

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Steel railroad tracks are laid when the temperature is 5.0 °C. A standard section of rail is then 12.0 m long. The gap should be left between rail sections so that there is no compression when the temperature gets as high as 42 °C is ____________ cm.

 
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