A 30-m steel tape measured 29.991 m when standardized fully supported under a 5.500-kg pull at a temperature of 20°C. The tape weighed 1.22 kg and had a cross-sectional area of 0.016 cm2. What is the corrected horizontal length of a recorded distance AB for the conditions given in Problems 6.14 through 6.15?

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Recorded Average Distance AB Temperature Tension Means of (kg) Support a. 28.056 18 Throughout 16.302 25 7.9 Ends only