Multiple Choice
Take the mechanical equivalent of heat as 4 J/cal. A 10-gram bullet moving at 2000 m/s plunges into 1 kg of paraffin wax (specific heat 0.7 cal/g. C) . The wax was initially at 20 C. Assuming that all the bullet's energy heats the wax, its final temperature ( C) is:
A) 20.14
B) 23.5
C) 20.006
D) 27.1
E) 30.23
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