Question icon
Grade 11Mechanics

A bowl is fill with a water in that there is a ice cube. In that ice cube small piece of iron is freezed. What will happen after melting the ice. The water level increase or decrease

Profile image of Tejas patange
8 Years agoGrade 11
Answers icon

1 Answer

Profile image of Arun
8 Years ago
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.