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Transcribed Image Text:1. A steel beam used in the construction of a bridge is 9.2 m long at 20 °C. On a hot
summer day, the temperature increases to 40 °C. What is the change in length due
to línear expansion? The coefficient of linear expansion for steel is 11 x 10-6/°C.
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