A long steel beam has a length of fifty meters on a cold day when the temperature is 0°C. What is the length of the beam on a hot day when T = 40°C? (asteel= 1.1 × 10^-5/°C)

a. 50.044 m
c. 50.088 m
b. 50.022 m
d. 50.0044 m


B

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