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Ice Floating in Water (Posted on 2005-04-21)

You have a cube of ice floating in a glass of water. The question is what fraction of the ice will be above the water line? Assume that the ice is not bobbing.

Most of you have probably heard the answer to this before. But please provide a proof or solution, along with your assumptions.

See The Solution Submitted by np_rt

Rating: 3.0000 (8 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
lol easy	Rachael	2006-05-18 09:59:36
re: J.C. won't like this	jessica	2005-07-21 12:51:48
home again	vije	2005-06-14 13:30:48
re: Reply to Rex	Rex	2005-04-25 15:32:32
Jeez, I really hate to get into this...	Erik O.	2005-04-22 15:23:26
Reply to Rex	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 15:21:14
re: Sea water is not water	Rex	2005-04-22 14:46:49
J.C. won't like this	Rex	2005-04-22 14:45:37
uncerttainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 07:57:11
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 07:54:02
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 07:52:23
Bottom Line	np_rt	2005-04-22 07:21:43
Rating	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 02:51:17
Nothing concerned with the question	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 02:44:26
Reply to Tristan	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 02:27:59
re: Sea water is not water	Tristan	2005-04-22 01:51:03
Independent solution	Tristan	2005-04-22 01:28:27
Sea water is not water	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-22 00:56:27
Solution	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 23:29:07
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 23:26:12
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 23:26:12
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 23:19:07
Solution Based on Densities	Richard	2005-04-21 20:48:30
re: Uncertainty - continue	np_rt	2005-04-21 17:44:10
re: Uncertainty...	Sam	2005-04-21 17:41:53
SOL	nilshady	2005-04-21 17:24:41
Uncertainty - continue	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 16:54:05
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 16:50:47
re: Uncertainty	np_rt	2005-04-21 16:18:14
re: Uncertainty	Charlie	2005-04-21 14:23:08
Uncertainty	Jonathan Chang	2005-04-21 13:37:43

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