A 0.217 kg sample of tin initially at 96.9 ◦C is dropped into 0.112 kg of water initially at 10.2 ◦C. If the specific heat capacity of tin is 230 J/kg · ◦C, what is the final equilibrium temperature of the tin-water mixture? The specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg · ◦C.

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A 0.217 kg sample of tin initially at 96.9
◦C
is dropped into 0.112 kg of water initially at
10.2
◦C.
If the specific heat capacity of tin is
230 J/kg ·
◦C, what is the final equilibrium
temperature of the tin-water mixture? The
specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg ·
◦C.
Answer in units of ◦C.

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