By what length will a slab of concrete that is originally 18 m long contract when the temperature drops from 24°C to -16°C? The coefficient of linear thermal expansion for this concrete is 1.0 × 10-5 C-1.

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Explanation:

According to Thermal Expansion of solids:

[tex]dl = \alpha \times l \times dt[/tex]

[tex]dl = {10}^{ - 5} \times 18 \times 40 [/tex]

[tex]dl = 7.2 \times {10}^{ - 3} [/tex]