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An iron cube floats in a bowl of liquid mercury at `0^(@)C` a. if the temperature is raised to `30^(@)C` will the cube float higher or lower in the mercuyr? B. By wat percent will the fraction of volume submerged change?

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a. More of the cube is submerged, b. 0.54 %
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