HOMEWORK

1. Iron has a length of 2 m at a temperature of 20ºC. after the temperature

reaches 80ºC, the length of the iron becomes ....m
2. Selena has a fire in her fireplace to warm her 20ºC apartment. She
realizes that she has accidentally left the iron poker (α iron = 1.2 x 10-
5
/ºC) in the fire. How hot is the fire if the 0.60-meter poker lengthens
0.30 cm?
3. An aluminum plate with a length expansion coefficient of 24 x 10-6 /ºC
has an area of 40 cm2 at a temperature of 30ºC. Determine the final
temperature if the area of the aluminum plate increases to 40.2 cm2.
4. The window frame made of wood has an area of 10,0054 m2 and a glass
area of 10 m2 at a temperature of 10ºC. If the expansion coefficient of
the glass length is 9 x 10-6/ºC and the expansion of the wooden frame is
ignored. the glass touches the frame right at the temperature .... º C