The temperature of a glass vessel containing 100 cm\(^3\) of mercury is raised from 10°C to 100°C. Calculate the apparent cubic expansion of the mercury. (Real cubic expansivity of mercury = 1.8 × 10\(^{-4}\) K\(^{-1}\), Cubic expansivity of glass = 2.4 × 10\(^{-5}\) K\(^{-1}\))

a

1.87 cm\(^3\)

b

1.42 cm\(^3\)

c

14.22 cm\(^3\)

d

0.52 cm\(^3\)

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Ogbafia1
3 weeks ago

please for those marking WAEC, is it better to not pick any answer when there is no exact answer than pocking sth close

tem3
1 month ago

the answer in the solution is different from the answer chosen in the option

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