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A straw `6 cm` long floats on water. The water film on one side has surface tension of `50 dyn//cm`. On the other side, camphor reduces the surface tension to `40 dyn//cm`. The resultant force acting on the straw is

A

60 dyne

B

10 dyne

C

30 dyne

D

0 dyne

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A

`vecF=vec(F_(1))+vec(F_(2))=(T_(1)-T_(2))l`
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