A 0.600-kg piece of metal is heated to 100e C and placed in an aluminum can of mass 0.200-kg which contains 0.500 kg of water initially at 17.3eC. The final equilibrium temperature of the mixture is 20.2e C, what is the specific heat of the metal?

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A 0.600-kg piece of metal is heated to 100e C and placed in an aluminum can of mass 0.200-kg which contains 0.500 kg of water initially at 17.3eC. The final equilibrium temperature of the mixture is 20.2e C, what is the specific heat of the metal?






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