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A microscope is focused on a coin lying at the bottom of a beaker. The microscope is now raised up by `1 cm`. To what depth should the water be poured into the beaker so that coin is again in focus ? (Refraction index of water is `4//3`)

A

1 cm

B

`4/3 cm `

C

3 cm

D

4 cm

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