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Grade 12General Physics

An ice block of volume 4Pi/3 cm^3 is in an artificial satellite at O(degrees celcius).

When the entire ice block melts into water,then its surface area in cm^2 will be(Assuming densities of ice and water to be same):

a)(4Pi/3) ^3

b)2Pi

c)4Pi

d)(36Pi) ^1/3

Plz explain..

Profile image of Chilukuri Sai Kartik
15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

because of surface tension, surface area of liquid will be minimum. for given volume surface area is minimum for a sphere.

volume =4pi/3, therefore radius= 1cm, area=area of sphere of radius 1cm =4pi cm^2