A cylindrical steel plug is inserted into a circular hole of diameter 2.6 cm in a brass plate. When the plug and the plates are at a temperature of
, the diameter of the plug is 0.01 cm smaller than that of the hole. The temperature at which the plug will just fit in it is
(Given,
and 
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Diameter of brass plate 
and diameter of steel plate 




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