Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach 5th Edition · A Macroscopic Description of Matter · Problem 17
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Randall D. Knight — A Macroscopic Description of Matter: Problem 17
A surveyor has a steel measuring tape that is calibrated to be 100.000 m long (i.e., accurate to \(\pm 1\) mm) at 20°C. If she measures the distance between two stakes to be 65.175 m on a 3°C day, does she need to add or subtract a correction factor to get the true distance? How large, in mm, is the correction factor?
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Given: 100.000 m, 20°C, 65.175 m, 3°C, , in
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach · 5th Edition
Author: Randall D. Knight
Publisher: Pearson
Chapter: A Macroscopic Description of Matter