You are looking to purchase a small piece of land in Hong Kong. The price is “only" $60,000 per square meter! The land title says the dimensions are 20 m × 30 m. By how much would the total price change, in dollars, if you measured the parcel with a steel tape measure on a day when the temperature was 21.5°C above 20°C? Assume the coefficient of thermal expansion of steel at 20°C is 1.2×10/°C.

You are looking to purchase a small piece of land in Hong Kong. The price is “only" $60,000 per square meter! The land title says the dimensions are 20 m × 30 m. By how much would the total price change, in dollars, if you measured the parcel with a steel tape measure on a day when the temperature was 21.5°C above 20°C? Assume the coefficient of thermal expansion of steel at 20°C is 1.2×10/°C.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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