A large block of ice floats in a liquid. When ice melts, the liquid level rises. The density of liquid is:

greater than that of water

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less than that of water

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equal to that of water

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half of that of water

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Solution

The correct option is B greater than that of water
Level rises because volume occupied by water is more than that of ice for same weight. So the density of ice is more than that of water.

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