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A steel metre scale is to be ruled so that the millimetre intervals are accurate to within about `5 xx 10^(-5)`mm at a certain temperature. What is the maximum temperature variation allowable during the rulting ? Given `alpha` for steel `= 1.1 xx 10^(-5).^(@)C^(-1)`.

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