A cube of ice is taken from the freezer at -6.5 ∘C∘C and placed in a 95-gg aluminum calorimeter filled with 300 gg of water at room temperature of 20.0 ∘C∘C. The final situation is observed to be all water at 17.0 ∘C∘C. The specific heat of ice is 2100 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the specific heat of aluminum is 900 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the specific heat of water is is 4186 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the heat of fusion of water is 333 kJ/KgkJ/Kg. What was the mass of the ice cube

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A cube of ice is taken from the freezer at -6.5 ∘C∘C and placed in a 95-gg aluminum calorimeter filled with 300 gg of water at room temperature of 20.0 ∘C∘C. The final situation is observed to be all water at 17.0 ∘C∘C. The specific heat of ice is 2100 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the specific heat of aluminum is 900 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the specific heat of water is is 4186 J/kg⋅C∘J/kg⋅C∘, the heat of fusion of water is 333 kJ/KgkJ/Kg.

What was the mass of the ice cube?

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