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In a remote location near the North Pole, an iceberg
Chapter 11, Problem 12(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 12CQ
In a remote location near the North Pole, an iceberg floats in a lake. Next to the lake (assume it is not frozen) sits a comparably sized glacier sitting on land. If both chunks of ice should melt due to rising global temperatures (and the melted ice all goes into the lake), which ice chunk would give the greatest increase in the level of the lake water, if any?
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QUESTION:
Problem 12CQ
In a remote location near the North Pole, an iceberg floats in a lake. Next to the lake (assume it is not frozen) sits a comparably sized glacier sitting on land. If both chunks of ice should melt due to rising global temperatures (and the melted ice all goes into the lake), which ice chunk would give the greatest increase in the level of the lake water, if any?
ANSWER:
Solution to 12CQ
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We need to see which of the ice caps will rise the water level more due to rising global temperatures.