Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 21SP
Compute the increase in length of 50 m of copper wire when its temperature changes from 12 °C to 32 °C. For copper, α = 1.7 × 10-5 °C-1.
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