A barometer is constructed using a liquid (density 
). What would be the height of the liquid column, when a mercury barometer reads 76 cm? (Density of mercury 
) [NEET 2020]
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Density of a liquid,
Density of mercury,
Height of liquid column in mercury barometer,
Let height of liquid in liquid column be 
, then
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