FIGURE 17-1 -Consider a Flat Steel Plate with a Hole Through Its

Multiple Choice

FIGURE 17-1
-Consider a flat steel plate with a hole through its center as shown in Fig. 17-1. When the plate's temperature is increased, the hole will

A) expand only if it takes up more than half the plate's surface area.
B) contract if it takes up less than half the plate's surface area.
C) always contract.
D) always expand.
E) remain the same size.