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Anomalous Behavior of Water

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When a solid is immersed in a liquid, how is the volume of a liquid displaced related to the volume of the solid?

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As we immerse a solid in liquid, the volume of the liquid is going to increase.
And the volume of the liquid displaced will be equal to the volume of the solid that we immerse in it.

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