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A wooden block, with a coin placed on its top, floats in water as shown in figure. The distances 
and 
are shown there. After some time the coin falls into the water. Then
- decreases and increases
- increases and decreases
- both and increase
- both and decrease
decreases and increases
increases and decreases
and increase
and decrease
The correct answer is: increases and decreases
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