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A wooden block is floating in a liquid. About `50%` of its volume is inside the liquid when the vessel is stationary, Percentage volume immersed when the vessel moves upwards with acceleration `a=g/2` is

A

0.75

B

0.25

C

0.5

D

`33.33%`

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C
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