Give Reasons for the following: A piece of ice floating in a glass of water melts but the level of water in the glass does not change. How do your account for this?

Give Reasons for the following: A piece of ice floating in a glass of

1.	Give Reasons for the following: A piece of ice floating in a glass of water melts but the level of water in the glass does not change. How do your account for this?
Answer» When ice is immersed in water, it displaces the same amount of water as the volume immersed. When the ice floating in water melts, the added volume is same as the volume displaced before. The added volume is equal to the volume of water displaced and thus the water level does not change.