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Victoria falls is 68m high wht is the change in temperature of a drop if it falls that height if specific heat capacity is 1 cal/g deg C.

A

`0.16^0 C`

B

`0.10^0 C`

C

`0.66^0 C`

D

`1^0 C`

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