Aluminum cube floating on mercury
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An aluminum cube floats in a bowl of liquid mercury at 0 degree C. If the temperature is raised to 27.5 degree C, by what percent will the fraction of volume submerged change?
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The problem has been solved by determining the change in densities of aluminum and mercury with temperature and consequent change in the upward thrust.
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