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
b. 270 atm
c. 1 080 atm
d. 1 800 atm


d

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