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Q.

The density of ice is 0.9 gcc–1 and that of sea water is 1.1 gcc–1.  An ice berg of volume V is floating in sea water. The fraction of ice berg above water level is

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a

3/11

b

2/11

c

1/11

d

4/11

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Let, v be the volume of ice-berg outside the sea water while floating. Therefore, volume of ice-berg inside the sea water = (V -v). As ice-berg is floating, so weight of ice-berg =weight of sea water displaced by ice-berg.

V×0.9×g=(Vv)×1.1×g1.1v=1.1V0.9Vv/V=0.2/1.1=2/11

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