Suppose you have two meter sticks, one made of steel and one made of invar (an alloy of iron and nickel), which are the same length (1.00 m) at 0°C. The coefficients of volume expansion for steel and invar are 3.6 × 10-5 /°C and 2.7 × 10-6 /°C respectively. a. What is their difference in length, in meters, at 22°C ?

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Suppose you have two meter sticks, one made of steel and one made of invar (an alloy of iron and nickel), which are the same length (1.00 m) at 0°C. The coefficients of volume expansion for steel and invar are 3.6 × 10-5 /°C and 2.7 × 10-6 /°C respectively.

a. What is their difference in length, in meters, at 22°C ? 

b. Repeat the calculation for two 30.0-m-long surveyor’s tapes. 

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