Consider two mercury barometers, one with twice the cross-section area of the other. Mercury in the wider tube will rise
A) to the same height as in the narrow tube.
B) twice as high as mercury in the narrow tube.
C) four times as high as mercury in the narrow tube.
D) more than four times as high as in the narrow tube.
E) none of the above
Answer: A
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