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An ice cube floats on water in a beaker with 9/10 th of its volume submerged under water. What fraction of its volume will be submerged, if the beaker of water is taken to the Moon where the gravity is 1/6th that on the Earth?

A

`9/10`

B

`27/50`

C

`2/3`

D

Zero

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