Question

Ice pieces are floating in a beaker $A$ containing water and also in a beaker $B$ containing miscible liquid of specific gravity $1.2$. When ice melts, the level of

• A. water increases in A
• B. water decreases in A
• C. liquid in B decreases
• D. liquid in B increases

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

liquid in B increases

Answer 2

If we have m gram of ice which is floating in a liquid of density 1.2. It will displaces volume $ \frac{{{m}_{cc}}}{1.2}