An object with a mass of #150 g# is dropped into #850 mL# of water at #0^@C#. If the object cools by #40 ^@C# and the water warms by #3 ^@C#, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?
1 Answer
Mar 3, 2017
The specific heat of the object is
Explanation:
The heat transferred from the hot object, is equal to the heat absorbed by the cold water.
For the cold water,
For the metal