The longest footbridge in the world is found in San Francisco California. You are a civil engineer in charge of reconstructing the said bridge with a span of 50 meters. What will be the change in length of the steel deck of the span when the temperature increases from 71 degrees celcius to 95 degrees celcius

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The longest footbridge in the world is found in San Francisco California. You are a civil engineer in charge of reconstructing the said bridge with a span of 50 meters. What will be the change in length of the steel deck of the span when the temperature increases from 71 degrees celcius to 95 degrees celcius?

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