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A block of wood is floating in water at
PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Fluids · Fluids
Problem
A block of wood is floating in water at
0
∘
C
0^\circ\text{C}
0
∘
C
. The temperature of the water is slowly raised from
0
∘
C
0^\circ\text{C}
0
∘
C
to
10
∘
C
10^\circ\text{C}
1
0
∘
C
. How does the percentage of the block's volume above the water level change as the temperature rises?
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