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Ok, that makes sense. Thank you.

Oh... So technically our columns should descend and ascend forever, without damping? (Just like this thing with marbles hitting each other that people put on a desk)?

...can you explain some more pls?

How will it lead me to answers? Let's say mercury density 10 times higher than water. I don't care about volume. I don't need exact numbers, just an equation. Volume of water enough to push mercury "h" distance down. Whole volume of water is inside left column of the v-tube(previously it was...

Like... You want me to draw?

1. Well I did say that the water is at H height. Let's say it's final height will be (H-h). 2. By "h" I mean mercury's final position. But before that the water will push it higher, until the mercury force will become bigger than water, and stop rising and go back down... until stopping at h...

Ok, sorry. Let me explain it in words. Let's say you have a "v" shaped tube filled with mercury. Now you apply water to the left column of the v-tube. Let's say the initial water height above mercury is H. Let's also say that the water pushes mercury h distance. So in right v-tube column...

Don't know how to approach this problem. I know how to solve 2 opposite constant forces, but in this problem both forces (water and mercury) change with time, until reaching equilibrium.