Power lines have sag in part to accommodate the thermal expansion and contraction that they experience over the course of a day. If copper has a coefficient of thermal expansion of 17x10-6 m/o C and a powerline has a length of 10 m at 15o C, what would its change in length be in the middle of a Florida summer, where the temperature is 98o F?
Coefficient of thermal expansion
Initial length
Initial temperature
Final temperature
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Final temperature
Consider the change in length is
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