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A long horizontal glass capillary tube open at both ends contains a mercury thread 1 m long at `0^@C`. Find the length of the mercury thread, as read on this scale, at `100^@C`.
`(gamma_("mercury")=18.2xx10^-5K^-1alpha_("glass")=9xx10^-6K^-1)`

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