What is the correct solution for the temperature expansion problem?

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Homework Statement


A steel container is filled with alcohol. For how much kelvins we have to raise the temperature for the pressure to be raised by 6 bar?
Compressibility of alcohol is
[tex] \kappa=1.15 \cdot 10^{-4} bar^{-1}[/tex]
temperature coefficient of volume expansion of alcohol is
[tex] \beta_a= 7.5 \cdot 10^{-4} K^{-1}[/tex]
temperature coefficient of length expansion of steel is
[tex] \alpha_s= 1.2 \cdot 10^{-5} K^{-1}[/tex]

Homework Equations


Look at attempt at solution.

The Attempt at a Solution


I solved this problem like this:
[tex] \frac{\Delta V}{V}=(\beta_a-3\alpha)\Delta T\\<br /> \frac{\Delta V}{V}=\kappa\Delta p\\<br /> \frac{\kappa\Delta p}{\beta_a-3\alpha}=\Delta T= 0.97K\\[/tex]
But the solution is wrong. The correct answer is 9.7K. I'm interested where I made a mistake.
 
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I checked and get 0.97K. Do you think the solving process is correct?