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Railway lines are laid with gaps to allow for expansion. If the gap betweeen steel rails 60 m long be 3.60 cm at `10^(@)C`, then at what temperature will the lines just touch? Coefficient of linear expansion of steel `=11xx10^(-6) .^(@)C^(-1)`.

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