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A body is allowed to slide down a frictionless track freely under gravity. The track ends in a semicircular shaped part of diameter D. What should be the height (minimum) from which the body must fall, so that it completes the circle.

A

`4D//5`

B

`5D//4`

C

D

D

2D

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