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Two solid objects, A and B, are placed in boiling water
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Two solid objects, A and B, are placed in boiling water and allowed to come to the temperature of the water. Each is then lifted out and placed in separate beakers containing 1000 g water at 10.0 C. Object A increases the water temperature by 3.50 C; B increases the water temperature by 2.60 C. (a) Which object has the larger heat capacity? (b) What can you say about the specific heats of A and B?
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QUESTION:
Two solid objects, A and B, are placed in boiling water and allowed to come to the temperature of the water. Each is then lifted out and placed in separate beakers containing 1000 g water at 10.0 C. Object A increases the water temperature by 3.50 C; B increases the water temperature by 2.60 C. (a) Which object has the larger heat capacity? (b) What can you say about the specific heats of A and B?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
(a) Heat capacity of A is larger than that of B because A raises the temperature of water to \(3.50^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) while \(\mathrm{B}\) raises the temperature only by \(2.60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). Thus A has a larger heat capacity when compared to B.