A steel sphere sits on top of an aluminum ring. The steel sphere (a = 1.10 × 10^-5/°C) has a diameter of 4.0000 cm at 0°C. The aluminum ring (a = 2.40 × 10^-5/°C) has an inside diameter of 3.9900 cm at 0°C. Closest to which temperature given will the sphere just fall through the ring?
a. 462°C
c. 116°C
b. 193°C
d. 57.7°C
B
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