A researcher studying the nutritional value of a new candy places a 4.90 g sample of the candy inside a bomb calorime and combusts it in excess oxygen. The observed temperature increase is 2.85 °C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter 42.90 kJ-K-, how many nutritional Calories are there per gram of the candy? Calories per gram of candy:

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A researcher studying the nutritional value of a new candy places a 4.90 g sample of the candy inside a bomb calorimeter
and combusts it in excess oxygen. The observed temperature increase is 2.85 °C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter is
42.90 kJ K-, how many nutritional Calories are there per gram of the candy?
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Transcribed Image Text:A researcher studying the nutritional value of a new candy places a 4.90 g sample of the candy inside a bomb calorimeter and combusts it in excess oxygen. The observed temperature increase is 2.85 °C. If the heat capacity of the calorimeter is 42.90 kJ K-, how many nutritional Calories are there per gram of the candy? Cal/g Calories per gram of candy:
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