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Grade 9Thermal Physics

an iron tyre is to be filled onto a wooden wheel 100 cm in diameter.the diameter of the tyre is 5mm smaller than that of the wheel.how much should the temperature of the tyre be increased for this purpose??coefficient of linear expansion of iron is 12x10 to the power of -6. answer is 130.82

Profile image of Aruvansh Nigam
15 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

5mm=95(1+(Δt*12*10^-6