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A capillary tube is immersed vertically in a liquid such that the height of liquid column in it is 'x' This arrangement is taken into a mine of depth 'd' and the height of the liquid column is found to be ‘y'. If 'R' is the radius of the earth, then the depth of mine is

A

`d = R ((y-x)/( x))`

B

` d = R ((y-x)/( y))`

C

`d = ( (x)/( y-x))`

D

`d=R ((y)/( y-x))`

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B
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