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Question 12

A brass rod is 2 m long at a certain temperature. Calculate the linear expansion of the rod for a temperature change of 100K. (Take the linear expansivity of brass as 1.8 x 10'5K").

  • A.0.3600 m
  • B.0.1800 m
  • C.0.0360 m
  • D.0.0036m
  • E.0.0018 m
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1995
Question no.
#12
Type
Objective
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