A brass cube, 15.0 cm on a side, is raised in temperature by 170°C. The coefficient of volume expansion of brass is 57 × 10^?6/C°. By what percentage does volume increase?
a. 33%
b. 1.4%
c. 1.0%
d. 3.4%
e. 2.81%
c
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