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What is the fractional volume of an ice cube in a pail of water produced in an enclosure which is freely falling under gravity?

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For a free fall, the effective value of ac celeration due to gravity is zero. Therefore, there will be no weight of ice cube and hence no upwar thrust on ice cube. As a rsult of it, the ice cube can float with any value of fractional volume submerged.
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