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Posted by Jesse on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 12:26pm.

A pipe of length 10.0 m increases in length by 1.5 cm when its temperature is increased by 90°F. What is its coefficient of linear expansion?

physics - drwls, Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 12:37pm
alpha = (deltaL/L)/(deltaT)
= (0.015/10)/90 F
= 1.7*10^-5 F^-1

or 3.0*10^-5 degC^-1
physics - JJ, Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 1:11pm
Ok thank you

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