An object with a mass of #64 g# is dropped into #270 mL# of water at #0^@C#. If the object cools by #72 ^@C# and the water warms by #3 ^@C#, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?
1 Answer
Feb 23, 2017
The specific heat is
Explanation:
The heat transferred from the hot object, is equal to the heat absorbed by the cold water.
Let
For the cold water,
For the object