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May 21, 2019
9:39:36pm

mvtoro Scrub

A cube of pure ice is floating in a glass of pure water. As the ice cube melts, does the level of water go up, down, or stay the same?

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A similar science question:

mvtoro Scrub

5/21/19 9:39pm

Up. I've changed my answer twice, but that's my final one.

SweetBabyG

5/21/19 9:42pm

Down

James Halpert

5/21/19 9:50pm

I'm going to say up.

Lalau

5/21/19 9:54pm

Same

libertycoug

5/21/19 9:59pm

The water goes down.

yaxcoug

5/21/19 10:00pm

Same

RugbyCoug

5/21/19 10:02pm

We’ve got a good mix. 👍🏻

mvtoro

5/21/19 10:03pm

Same. Frozen ice is less dense than liquid water, so though the ice cube has a

unctoothman

5/21/19 10:05pm

RE: Same. Frozen ice is less dense than liquid water, so though the ice cube has

SweetBabyG

5/21/19 10:08pm

Cool. High school kids do the experiment where we live. My daughter was

unctoothman

5/21/19 10:20pm

Ding! Good job. My 9-year-older brother (physics major) used to ask me questions like this one when I was a kid.

mvtoro

5/21/19 10:14pm

Now... if there hd been a tiny bowling ball on the ice cube that subsequently sank to the bottom of the glass...

mvtoro

5/21/19 10:18pm

Goes waaaaaaaay down because I'd drink most of the water before the ice had a chance to melt.

foofcoug

5/21/19 10:07pm

But the person who drank the same drink slowly died! This could be CB riddlefest.

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