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An ice cube floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. what can you say about the density of ice?

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An ice cube floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. what can you say about the density of ice?

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The density of ice is less than that of liquid water hence it floats. Once the ice melts it becomes liquid water whose volume is the volume that it has displaced when it was still ice, hence the glass will not overflow.