When water freezes, it expands about nine percent. What would be the pressure increase inside your automobile engine block if the water in there froze? (The bulk modulus of ice is 2.0 × 10^9 Pa, and 1 atm = 1.0 × 10^5 Pa.)

a. 18 atm
c. 1080 atm
b. 270 atm
d. 1800 atm


D

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