A thermometer of mass 0.0550 kg and of specific heat 0.837 kJ/kg•K reads 15.0°C. It is then completely immersed in 0.300 kg of water, and it comes to the same final temperature as the water. If the thermometer reads 44.0 °C, what was the temperature of the water before the insertion of the thermometer?

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[mass therm x specific heat therm x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] + [mass H2O x specific heat H2O x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] = 0
Solve for Ti H2O.