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A cubical block of copper of side 10 cm is floating in a vessel containing mercury. Water is poured into the vessel so that the copper block just gets submerged. The height of water column is
`(rho_(Hg)= 13.6 g//c c, rho(Cu) = 7.3 g//c c, rho(water)= 1 gm// c c)`

A

1.25 cm

B

2.5 cm

C

5 cm

D

7.5 cm

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