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A railway track is made from 25 m long iron rods . At temperature 20 ⁰C , the distance between two rods is 0.46 cm . Up to what temperature the tracks will be in proper condition to carry the trains ? [λ_iron = 11.5 x 10^-6 (1/ ⁰C) ]

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