What stress will result in rails if temperature rises


The steel rails of a railroad track are laid in the winter at a temperature of 15 F with gaps of 0.01 ft between the ends of the rails. Each rail is 33 ft long. At what temperature will the rails touch end to end? What stress will result in the rails if the temperature rises to 110 F?

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