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A Hot (70 °\degree C) Lump of Metal Has a Mass of 250 G

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A hot (70 °\degree C) lump of metal has a mass of 250 g and a specific heat of 0.25 cal/g· °\degree C. John drops the metal into a 500-g calorimeter containing 40 g of water at 20 °\degree C. The calorimeter is constructed of a material that has a specific heat of 0.10 cal/ g· °\degree C. When equilibrium is reached, what will be the final temperature? (cwater = 1.00 cal/g· °\degree C.)


A) 114 °\degree C
B) 72 °\degree C
C) 40 °\degree C
D) 37 °\degree C

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