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Grade 11Mechanics

an open u-tube contains mercury when 13.6cm of water is poured into one of the arms of the tube, then the mercury rise in the other arm from its initial level is

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago

Density of water is 1gm per cc
Density of mercury is 13.6 per cc.

So, clearly, adding 13.6 'cm' of water is just equivalent to adding a 'cm' of mercury, which will increase the mercury level in the other arm by 0.5 cm.

So answer should be 0.5 cm.