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A long mercury glass tube with a uniform capillary bore has in it a thread of mercury which is 1m long at `0^(@) C`. What will be its length at `100^(@) C` if the real coefficient of expansion of mercury is `0.000182^(@) C^(-1)` and coefficient of cubical expansion of glass equal to `0.000025^(@) C^(-1)`.

A

`0.516m`

B

`1.016 m`

C

`1.516m`

D

`2.016m`

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