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A wooden stick of length 100 cm is floating in water while remaining vertical. The relative density of the wood is 0.7. Calculate the apparent length of the stick when viewed from top (close to the vertical line along the stick) Refractive index of wate `=(4)/(3)`.

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`82.5 cm`
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