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A platinum sphere floats in mercury. Find the percentage change in the fraction of volume of sphere immersed in mercury when the temperature is raised by 80°C: (volume expansivity of mercury is `182 xx 10^(-6)//°C` and linear expansivity of platinum is `9 xx 10^(-6)//°C` respectively )

A

`1.24%`

B

`1.38%`

C

`2.48%`

D

`2.76%`

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