A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top, floats in water as shown in fig. the distance l and h are shown there. After some time the coin falls into the water. Then
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D
As the block moves up with the fall of coin, l decreases, similarly h will also decrease because
when the coin is in water, it displaces water equal to its own volume only.
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