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 decreased, the hole will

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