SOLUTION: When water freezes into ice, it increases in volume by 10%. Work out in percentage how much it will decrease in volume if the ice melts into water..

SOLUTION: When water freezes into ice, it increases in volume by 10%. Work out in percentage how much it will decrease in volume if the ice melts into water..

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Question 980026: When water freezes into ice, it increases in volume by 10%. Work out in percentage how much it will decrease in volume if the ice melts into water..
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=volume of water.
1.1x=volume of ice.
1.1x to x is a decrease of 0.1x/1.1x, and that is 0.09090 (repeat) or a decrease of 9.1%.
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