Asked by angel

Digby wants to determine how many calories are in his bag of chips. Which calorimeter should he use?
coffee cup calorimeter
bomb calorimeter
He could use both types of calorimeters.
He cannot use either.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Bomb calorimeter.

Reason: food calories are determined by measuring the heat of combustion of a sample. A bomb calorimeter burns the sample in a sealed, oxygen‑filled vessel and measures the heat released; a coffee‑cup calorimeter (open, constant‑pressure) is not suitable for combustion measurements.