Is this a trick question? Ice gains energy when it melts. If you want to argue that my 1" tall ice cube is now a millimeter puddle of water, and therefore has lost 1/2" x weight of potential energy, be my guest. But I think that it's quibbling.
Quibble, quibble.
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Is this a trick question? Ice gains energy when it melts. If you want to argue that my 1" tall ice cube is now a millimeter puddle of water, and therefore has lost 1/2" x weight of potential energy, be my guest. But I think that it's quibbling.
Quibble, quibble.