An insulated beaker contains 250.0 grams of water at 25oC. Exactly 41.6 g of a

Question

metal at 100.0oC was dropped in the beaker. The final temperature of the water
was 26.4oC. Assuming that no heat is lost in any other way, calculate the specific heat of the metal.

a. 0.159 J g-1 K-1
b. 0.478 J g-1 K-1
c. 0.0503 J g-1 K-1
d. 2.09 J g-1 K-1

i have no idea how to do this?

Answer 1

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