A 1-mile-long pipeline connects two pumping stations. Special joints must be used along the line to provide

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A 1-mile-long pipeline connects two pumping stations. Special joints must be used along the line to provide for expansion and contraction due to changes in temperature. However, if the pipeline were actually one continuous length of pipe fixed at each end by the stations, then expansion would cause the pipe to bow. Approximately how high would the middle of the pipe rise if the expansion were just 1 inch over the mile?

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