An empty spice bottle has an inner volume of 1.31 × 10⁻⁴ m³. It has a mass of 112 g when filled with air, and it displaces 1.63 × 10⁻⁴ m³ of water when fully submerged. What fraction of the total volume of the bottle will be beneath the surface when it is placed in a tank of water? A)0.69 B)0.81 C)0.85 D)1.00 E)1.46

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The fraction of the volume submerged is the volume of water displaced divided by the inner volume of the bottle: (1.31 × 10^−4 m^3) / (1.63 × 10^−4 m^3) = 0.69.

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