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Railway lines are laid with gaps to allow for expansion. If the gap between steel rails 66 m long be 3at 10 °c, then at what temperature will the lines just touch? Coefficient of linear expansion ofsteel is 11 x 10-6 °C1.

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One railway line should be extended by 3.36/2 = 1.68 cm = 0.0168 m

Let at temperatureT2lines just touch . Here ,L1=66m,T1=10°CCoficientoflinearexpansion(α)=11×10−6C−1L2=66m+0.0168m=66.0168mL2=L1[1+α(T2−T1)]66.0168=66[1+(11×10−6)(T2−10)]66.016866=1+(11×10−6)(T2−10)66.016866−1=(11×10−6)(T2−10)0.016866=(11×10−6)(T2−10)0.0168×10666×11=(T2−10)16800726+10=T223.14+10=T2Thetemperatureatwhichtherailsjustis23.14°C



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