An open, clean glass tube, having a diameter of 3 \ mm, is inserted vertically into a dish of...
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An open, clean glass tube, having a diameter of {eq}3 \ mm {/eq}, is inserted vertically into a dish of mercury at {eq}20 ^oC {/eq}. How far will the column of mercury in the tube be depressed?
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Glass tube diameter {eq}D = 3\;{\rm{mm}}\;{\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.003}}\;{\rm{m}} {/eq}
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{eq}\begin{align*} R &= \dfrac{D}{2} =...
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