Consider the figures of a metal ball and a metal ring given below: The metal ball can just pass through the hole of a metal ring formed out of a strip. When the ball is heated it gets stuck. But when the metal ring is heated,
Options
(a)the ball can still pass through it because the ring diameter expands on heating
(b)the ball gets stuck because the diameter of the hole decreases on expansion
(c)the ball will still pass through because the hole diameter does not change
(d)the ball will pass through because there is no change in the ring
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