Would you cool a bucket of water more quickly by placing it on ice by placing ice in it ?Give reasons for your answer.

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The water can be cooled quicker by placing ice in it. If you place the bucket of water on ice, the ice will gain energy from the surrounding and melt. But if you place ice in the water. the ice is in direct contact with water. The ice melts by taking energy from the water present the in bucket. Here water is losing more energy so it becomes cooler faster.

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