A student is hit with a 1 kg pumpkin pie. The kinetic energy of the pie 32 J. What was the speed of the pie?
1 answer:
You might be interested in
The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a substance by 
is given by
where m is the mass of the substance, Cs is its specific heat capacity and is the increase of temperature.
If we re-arrange the formula, we get
And if we plug the data of the problem into the equation, we can find the specific heat capacity of the substance:
where m is the mass of the substance, Cs is its specific heat capacity and
If we re-arrange the formula, we get
And if we plug the data of the problem into the equation, we can find the specific heat capacity of the substance: