The lowest temperature ever recorded in Alaska is-6 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Alaska is 38°C. Suppose a piece of metal with a mass of 180 g and a temperature of -62.0°C is placed in a calorimeter containing 0.500 kg of water with a temperature of 38.0°C. If the final equilibrium temperature of the metal and water is 36.9°C, what is the specific heat capacity of the metal? Use the calculated value of the specific heat capacity to identify the metal.
The answer is 130 but I don't get how you solve the problem.
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by the way the lowest temp recorded in Alaska is below the lowest in Boston, not -6C
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