Situation: A 50m steel tape was standardized and supported throughout its whole length and found to be 0.00329m longer at an observed temperature of 41.6 degrees C and a pull of 12 kilos. This tape was used to measure a line that was found to be 683.21m at average temperature of 49 .8 degrees C at the same pull. Coefficient of the thermal expansion in 0.000016m/m degrees C. -DETERMINE THE STANDARD TEMPERATURE a. 35.93 c. 50.76 b. 44.63 d. 68.25 -WHAT IS THE CORRECT LENGTH OF THE LINE?
Situation: A 50m steel tape was standardized and supported throughout its whole length and found to be 0.00329m longer at an observed temperature of 41.6 degrees C and a pull of 12 kilos. This tape was used to measure a line that was found to be 683.21m at average temperature of 49 .8 degrees C at the same pull. Coefficient of the thermal expansion in 0.000016m/m degrees C. -DETERMINE THE STANDARD TEMPERATURE a. 35.93 c. 50.76 b. 44.63 d. 68.25 -WHAT IS THE CORRECT LENGTH OF THE LINE?
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A 50m steel tape was standardized and supported throughout its whole length and found to be 0.00329m longer at an observed temperature of 41.6 degrees C and a pull of 12 kilos. This tape was used to measure a line that was found to be 683.21m at average temperature of 49 .8 degrees C at the same pull. Coefficient of the thermal expansion in 0.000016m/m degrees C.
-DETERMINE THE STANDARD TEMPERATURE
a. 35.93 c. 50.76
b. 44.63 d. 68.25
-WHAT IS THE CORRECT LENGTH OF THE LINE?
a. 633.88 c. 638.23
b. 663.28 d. 683.32
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