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A 400 Liter Gas Tank Is Filled to the Brim with with Gasoline

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A 40.0 liter gas tank is filled to the brim with gasoline when the temperature is 5.00°C. Gasoline has a coefficient of volume expansion of 950 × 10−6/°C. If the gas tank is moved into the sun of a hot summer day, the temperature of the gas tank is increased to 60.0°C. What is the volume of gasoline that overflows the tank (ignore the expansion of the gas tank) ?


A) 3.95 liters
B) 3.11 liters
C) 2.67 liters
D) 2.09 liters
E) 1.55 liters

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