Question) Consider a capillary tube attached to a pipe immersed in water. In the first condition capillary rise is h1. In the second condition air is blown through the pipe as shown in the Figure 2 and the capillary rise is h2. Compare h1 and h2. Are they equal? or which one is larger. You need to build a pressure balance and prove your answer mathematically. Without any mathematical proof your answer does not have any significance. Hint: When the air is blown through the pipe, the pressure above the meniscus decreases

Figure 2: Capillary tube immersed in water