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In a Torricelli Barometer, a Pressure of One Atmosphere Supports

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In a Torricelli barometer, a pressure of one atmosphere supports a 760 mm column of mercury. If the original tube containing the mercury is replaced with a tube having twice the diameter of the original, the height of the mercury column at one atmosphere pressure is mm.


A) 760
B) 1.52 × 103
C) 4.78 × 103
D) 121
E) 380

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