Two identical conducting rods are first connected independently to two vessels, one containing water at 
and the other containing ice at 
. In the second case, the rods are joined end-to-end and connected to the same vessels. Let 
and 
be the rate of melting of ice in two cases, respectively. The ratio of 
is
A
B
C
D
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
Initially the rods are in parallel, 
… (i)
Finally when rods are in series,
… (ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
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