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Three ice cubes are placed into three equal beakers filled with water. One ice cube has a mass of 50 g, the second ice cube has a mass of 75 g, and the third ice cube has a mass of 100 g. After the ice cubes are added, each beaker is filled to the brim with water at a temperature of 1°C. After a period of time passes and all three ice cubes melt, which of the following situations is most likely? Ans. None of the beakers have overflowed Please explain me how.

Three ice cubes are placed into three equal beakers filled with water. One ice cube has a mass of 50 g, the second ice cube has a mass of 75 g, and the third ice cube has a mass of 100 g. After the ice cubes are added, each beaker is filled to the brim with water at a temperature of 1°C. After a period of time passes and all three ice cubes melt, which of the following situations is most likely?
 
Ans. None of the beakers have overflowed
 
Please explain me how.

Grade:12

1 Answers

Ravi
askIITians Faculty 69 Points
9 years ago
The density of ice is less than water. Because of hydrogen bonding, the volume occupied by water in solid ice state is higher than in liquid state. So when ice was in water and the beakers were filled till the rim, as the ice melted down, ice starting to convert to water and occupying less of volume in the beakers.

So none of the beakers will overflow.

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