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The specific gravity of an material is defined as the ratio of the density of the material to the density of water. The specific gravity of ice is 0.917, whereas that of seawater is 1.025.What fraction of an iceberg is above the surface of the water?



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The fraction of the ice that lies above the water is obtained as 0.11.

What is the density?

We know that the term density has to do with the ratio of the mass to the volume of an object. In this case we can see that the density has to be looked upon as a kind of property that we can use so as to obtain the identity of a given material.

In this case, we can see that what we have been given in each case is the specific gravity. However, the specific gravity is the ratio of the density of the object to the density of water.

Thus;

Density of ice = 0.917 g/cm^3

Density of sea water =  1.025 g/cm^3

Then we know that the fraction that is above the surface of the water can be obtained by the use of the formula;

Volume above = Density of liquid - Density of ice/ Density of liquid

Volume above =   1.025  - 0.917/ 1.025

= 0.11

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