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Q. A $20\,cm$ long capillary tube is dipped vertically in water and the liquid rises upto $10\, cm$. If the entire system is kept in a freely falling platform, the length of water column in the tube will be

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Solution:

The height raised by liquid in capillary tube
$h=\frac{2 l \cos \theta}{\rho g h}$
As in freely falling platform, a body experience weightlessness.
So, the liquid will rise upto to length of the capillary.
i.e. height raised by the liquid will be $20\, cm$.