What is its height on a hot day

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Problem 49P: The height of the Washington Monument is measured to be 170.00 m on a day when the temperature is...
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The Eiffel tower in Paris is 300 meters tall on a cold day when the temperature is -19 celcius. What is its height on a hot day when the temperature is 32 celcius. It is made of iron which has a coefficieny of linear expansion equal 12x 10^-6 per celcius? 

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