Nutrients dissolved in water are carried to upper parts of plants by tiny tubes partly because of the capillary effect. Determine how high the water solution will rise in a tree in a 0.0026-mm-diameter tube as a result of the capillary effect. Treat the solution as water at 20°C with a contact angle of 15°.

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Variation of pressure

From the equation of pressure, pressure is directly proportional to the applied force.