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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 2#️⃣ Question 12🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

A cup is shaped like a cylinder with base area 20 square centimeters, and is partly filled with water. An ice cube with side length 2 centimeters is dropped into the cup, and eventually reaches equilibrium. Assuming the density of ice is 0.9 grams per cubic centimeter, what is the distance, in centimeters to two significant figures, that the water level has risen in the cup?

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