A large, perfect cube of ice sits in the merciless Australian sun. It is melting. Each of its edges shrinks at 2 mm/min. How quickly does the volume of the ice cube decrease when it weighs 8 kg? (Hint: Assume that the specific volume of ice is the same as that of liquid water, which in turn we assume to be 1 litre/kg = 1000 cm /kg.) O 0.24 kg / min O 240 kg / min O 2.4 kg / min O 24.0 kg / min 1600.0 kg / min 80.0 kg / min O 1.6 kg / min O 16.0 kg / min O 0.08 kg / min 0.8 kg / min None of the other options.

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A large, perfect cube of ice sits in the merciless Australian sun. It is melting. Each of its edges shrinks at 2 mm/min. How quickly does the
volume of the ice cube decrease when it weighs 8 kg? (Hint: Assume that the specific volume of ice is the same as that of liquid water, which in
turn we assume to be 1 litre/kg = 1000 cm /kg.)
O 0.24 kg / min
240 kg / min
2.4 kg / min
24.0 kg / min
1600.0 kg / min
80.0 kg / min
O 1.6 kg / min
O 16.0 kg / min
O 0.08 kg / min
O 0.8 kg / min
None of the other options.
Transcribed Image Text:A large, perfect cube of ice sits in the merciless Australian sun. It is melting. Each of its edges shrinks at 2 mm/min. How quickly does the volume of the ice cube decrease when it weighs 8 kg? (Hint: Assume that the specific volume of ice is the same as that of liquid water, which in turn we assume to be 1 litre/kg = 1000 cm /kg.) O 0.24 kg / min 240 kg / min 2.4 kg / min 24.0 kg / min 1600.0 kg / min 80.0 kg / min O 1.6 kg / min O 16.0 kg / min O 0.08 kg / min O 0.8 kg / min None of the other options.
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