Asked by Saisir le Jour

How much heat (calories) must be applied to a 100 mL beaker filled with boiling water in order to vaporize the water?
** A) 540 cal **
B) 540 * 10^4 cal
C) 800 cal
D) 8000 cal

Is A correct? or cud it be B.?
Answered by Damon
You will need 540 calories per gram
water is 1 mL or 1 cm^3 per gram
so I get
540 * 100 csl
which is
5.40 * 10^4 cal
I hope B is a typo and should be 5.40*10^4
Answered by Saisir le Jour
thnx again!
typo meaning?... the "cal" at the end?
Answered by Damon
you had typed 540*10^4
it should be
5.40 * 10^4
Answered by Saisir le Jour
oops! ur right... typo there.
5.40*10^4
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