A large square container with thin transparent vertical walls and filled with water (refractive index 4 3) is kept on a horizontal table . A student holds a thin straight wire vertically inside the water 12 cm from one of its corners , as shown schematically in the figure. Looking at the wire from this corner , another studen t sees two images of the wire, located symmetrically on each side of the line of sight as shown. The separation (in cm) between these images is ____________.
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