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The complete combustion of 1.00mL of octane increases the temperature of 250.00g of water by 22.7 degrees Celsius. The density of octane is 0.70g/mL. What is the efficiency of the octane in heating the water?

I attempted this question and I have -400 something percent efficiency...
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