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A solid floats in a liquid at `20^@`C with 75 % of it immersed. When the liquid is heated to `100^@`C, the same solid floats with `80%` of it immersed in the liquid. Calculate the coefficient of expansion of the liquid. Assume the volume of the solid to be constant.

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`8.47 xx 10^(-4)//""^(@) C`
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