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For same mass of water and ice, why ice floats over water?
A. solids have lesser density than liquids
B. it has open - cage like structure in which lesser molecules are packed per mL than water
C. ice is lighter than water
D. when ice is formed water molecules come closer and start floating.

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Density of ice is less than water due to an opencage structure formed by hdrogen bonding.

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