If you pour equal amounts of scalding hot water into different metallic cups of equal temperature, which cup will heat up the most?

Rank the cups from hottest to coldest.
Rank from warmest to coolest final temperature.

500-g cast iron cup
500-g gold cup
750-g cast iron cup

1 answer

q = mass x specific heat metal x delta T. Solve for delta T.
delta T = q/mass*sp.h.

So q is contant. mass is shown. sp.h. you can look up. Therefore, it appears to me that mass * sp.h. for each of th4ese and the smallest into a constant q will give the largest delta T.