Question

An iceberg is floating partly immersed in seawater of density 1.03 gm/cm${}^3$. If the density of ice is 0.92 gm/cm${}^2$, then the fraction of the total volume of the iceberg above the level of seawater is:

• A. 89%
• B. 11%
• C. 1%
• D. 34%

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

11%

Fraction of total volume of iceberg above seawater
$=\frac{1.03-0.92}{1.03}\times 100$%

$=\frac{0.11}{1.03}\times 100$%

$=10.68$%$\approx 11$%