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Mercury is poured into a U-tube of uniform bore such that the level of mercury remains 20 cm below the open ends in both arms. Now, one arm is filled completely with water and the other arm with kerosene. Calculate the lengths of the water column and the kerosene column. The specific gravities of kerosene and mercury are 0.8 and 13.6 resspectively.

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20.157 cm ; 19.843 cm
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