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An electric current heats a 225 g copper wire from 20.0 °C to 40.0 °C. How much heat was generated by the electric current? (ccopper = 0.093 cal/gm-deg)

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q = mass copper x specific heat copper x delta T. q will be in the same units as specific heat.
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