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The angle of contact between glass and water is `0^@` and water (surface tension `70 dyn//cm`) rises in a glass capillary up to `6 cm`. Another liquid of surface tension `140 dyn//cm`, angle of contact `60^@` and relative density `2` will rise in the same capillary up to

A

12 cm

B

24 cm

C

3 cm

D

6 cm

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C
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