Mechanical Properties of Fluids
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What is the fractional volume submerged of an ice cube in the pail of water placed in an enclosure which is falling freely under gravity?

A system is in a state of weightlessness, when the system is falling freely. So, weight of the ice cube as well as  upward thrust would be zero if the object is falling freely. So, ice cube floats with any volume submerged.
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