An ice cube floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. What happens when the ice melts?
The water level remains the same
there is a drop in the level of water in the glass due to condensation on its outside
the water in the glass overflows
the level of water drops because melted ice occupies less volume
none of the above is correct
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Accordong to my own understanding, when you drop an ice cube in a cup of water filled to the brim, the ice cube creates a hole/space/vaccum in the water, thereby where water is suppose to be there is an ice cube.
so when the ice cube melts it forms back the water that was suppose to be there,so the water level still remains the same.
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So this people don't know the principle of flirtation which state that when a body floats. It displaces equal volume and mass of its own volume and mass... So as the Ice floats it have already displaced a volume equal to its own so that when it melts. Not change in volume will occur... Answer is A
Since the ice, when it floats, displaces exactly its weight in water, when it melts, the water it melts into takes the same volume that the ice cube displaced in the water. So the water level should remain the same
Answer is D because ice has a lower density than water but it expands when it freezes leading to a higher volume. But the mass is constant. on melting, the density increases thereby leading to decrease in volume.
We all know that water is denser that ice and density is the product of mass divided by volume. Then why will ice occupy the same volume it did when it melts to water.
The selected answer is wrong:
the answer is A because the ice forms a thin sheath which melts and it still remains the same..
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Since the ice, when it floats, displaces exactly its weight in water, when it melts, the water it melts into takes the same volume that the ice cube displaced in the water. So the water level should remain the same.
this concept is based on archmedis principle . we can say the ice on melting occupy the space and since it it equal to the weight of the fluid displace .. option A best explain the phenomena
The correct answer is **A. The water level remains the same**.
When an ice cube floats in water, it displaces an amount of water equal to its own weight. When the ice melts, it turns into a volume of water that is exactly equal to the volume of water it had displaced when it was ice. Therefore, the water level in the glass remains the same. This principle is known as Archimedes' principle.
In pphysics past question, They asked when when an ice cube floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. What happens when the ice melts?They said the answer is, the water level remains the same but that is wrong because when the ice melts it will add to the already existing water level and since it is filled to its brim, it is going to overflow.So I think the answer is C not A
How possible is it TO meet with the person marking dis stuff!....d answers keep pissing me OFF!
When a body is totally or partially immersed in water it experience and upthrust (upward force) due to apparent lose of weight, from the question the ice cube float due to upthrust and the water is filled to the brim, water level will remain the same due to principle of floatation, equal volume of water displace when melted from ice block
The anonymous nature of water is not applicable
