Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Michael on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 9:31pm.

A student measures the length of a brass rod with a steel tape at 20.0°C. The reading is 95.00 cm. What will the tape indicate for the length of the rod when the rod and the tape are at each of the following temperatures?
a)-20°C
b)60°C

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, May 23, 2011 at 9:50pm
I will be happy to critique your work on this.

new reading= L+deltaL
DeltaL=L*coeffthermalexpansion*deltaTemp

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