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A piece of ice with a stone 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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If ice melts completely, the level of water in the beaker goes down.
Let the density of water be `rho`, the weight of ice be W and the weight of stone be w.
`therefore" "`Weight of displaced water
= weight of ice + weight of stone = (W + w)
`therefore" "` Volume of displaced water = `V_(1)=(W+w)/(rhog)`
Let the density of the stone be `rho_(s)`.
Suppose the ice melts completely. In this case, mass of water thus formed due to melting of ice = W and volume of this water = `W/(rhog)`. In this situation, the piece of stone will sink into water. Volume of water displaced by the stone = `w/(rho_(s)g)`.
`therefore" "` Total volume of water formed due to melting of ice and also due to displacement by stone
`=V_(2)=W/(rhog)+w/(rho_(s)g)`
`because" "rho_(s)gt1" "therefore" "V_(2)ltV_(1)`
So, when all the ice melts, the level of water in the beaker goes down.
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