A piece of copper metal (mass = 35.0 g) at 120 °C is placed in a Styrofoam coffee cup containing 55.0 g of water at 59.0 °C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the cup or the surrounding, what will the final temperature of water be? The specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/g °C and the specific heat capacity of copper is 0.389 J/ g °C.

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A piece of copper metal (mass = 35.0 g) at 120 °C is placed in a Styrofoam coffee cup containing 55.0 g of water at 59.0 °C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the cup or the surrounding, what will the final temperature of water be? The specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/g °C and the specific heat capacity of copper is 0.389 J/ g °C. 

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