A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top, floats in water as shown in fig. the distance $l $ and $h$ are shown there. After some time the coin falls into the water. Then
  • A$l$  decreases and $h$  increases
  • B$l$ increases and $h $ decreases
  • CBoth $ l$ and $ h$  increase
  • DBoth $l$  and $h$  decrease
IIT 2002,AIIMS 2014, Medium
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