initial KE= heat released
1/2 2.5*5.7^2=heat released.
heat released=massicemelted*3.3E5J/kg
solve for massicemelted
A 2.5 kg block of ice at a temperature of 0C and an initial speed of 5.7 m/s slides across a level floor. If 3.3*10^5 J are required to melt 1.0 kg of ice, how much ice melts, assuming that the initial kinetic energy of the ice block id entirely converted to the ice's internal energy?
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