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A brass vat is 11 m long at room temperature (20°C). How much longer is it...

A brass vat is

11 m

long at room temperature (20°C). How much longer is it when it contains boiling water at 1 atm pressure?

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Answer #1

Given is :-

Length L = 11m

Temperature T = 20 C

now,

Thermal linear expansion is given by

by plugging all the values we get

which gives us

now,

the final length of the brass vat after expansion is

or

which gives us

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