a steel meter rule has correct lenght at 28 degree celcius on the day the temparature is 40 degree celicius,it measures the lenght of a table at 158m .what is the true lenght of the table.alpha=0.000012 raise up to power

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That table is about one and a half football fields long?
anyway
L * 0.000012 ( 40 - 28) = 158 - L
close enough is
158 * 0.000012 ( 40 - 28) = 158 - L