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In a capillary tube, water rises by 1.2 mm. The height of water that will rise in another capillary tube having half the radius of the first, is
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$h \propto \frac{1}{r} \therefore r_1 h_1 = r_2 h_2 \Rightarrow h_2 = \frac{r_1 h_1}{r_2} = 2.4 \text{ mm}$
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