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A piece of ice with a cork in it is floating on water in a beaker. Will the level of water in the beaker change after complete melting of the ice?

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The level of water in the beaker will not change.
Let the density of water be `rho`, the weight of the piece of ice be W and the weight of the cork inside the piece of ice be w.
Total weight = (W + w) = weight of displaced water
`therefore" "` Volume of displaced water = `(W+w)/(rhog)`
Suppose the ice melts completely. In this case, the weight of water thus formed = W and the volume of that amount of water = `W/(rhog)`. In this situation, only the cork will float on water.
Weight of water displaced by the cork = weight of the the cork = w.
`therefore" "` Volume of water displaced by the cork = `w/(rhog)`
Total volume of water formed due to melting of ice and also due to the water displaced by the crok = `(W+w)/(rhog)`
Therefore, even after the ice melts completely, the level of water in the beaker does not change.
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