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thermal expansion of material?

A square is cut out of a copper sheet. Two straight scratches on the surface of the square intersect forming an angle theta. The square is heated uniformly. As a result, the angle between the scratches?a) increasesb) decreasesc) stays the samed) depends on whether theta is obtuse or acute

Answer:

since it is a square, the expansion is the same in both the X and Y directions. So the angle remains the same.

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