A piece of ice is floating in a glass vessel filled with water. How much will the level of water in the vessel change when the ice melts

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When the ice is floating ,it will replace the volume of water equivalent to the weight of ice . When ice will melt it will occupy the same volume it has replaced earlier . So there will be no change in height .

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