400 grams of a metal at 300 C is added to 100 grams of of water at 20 C. Assuming all the heat lost by the metal is gained by the water and that the final temperature or water and metal is 95 C, calculate the specific heat of the metal. Using grams and degrees C, the specific heat of water is 1cal/g C. Just use the calories and don't convert to J.
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