Cynthia sees that most of the ice in her iced tea has melted.Assuming the water and the ice are at the same temperature, what happened to the particles in her ice?
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When the ice melts, the particles in the ice transition from a solid phase to a liquid phase. Therefore, the particles in the ice have changed from being closely packed and vibrating in a fixed position in the solid state to moving freely and more loosely arranged in the liquid state.