Can I see a photo or can you comment the answer choices.
<h2>Right answer: a number and a unit</h2>
The measurement consists in <em>comparing a selected pattern with the object or phenomenon whose physical magnitude is going to be measured, to find out how many times the pattern is contained in that magnitude.</em> That is, it is about identifying or quantifying a particular characteristic or aspect of a particular object or construct.
Now, a well done measurement has two parts:
-The number gives us information about the quantity of the measurement, or in other words, the magnitude of the measurement and its precision.
-The units gives us information about the property that is being measured. This is quite important, because a measurement or result with no units is useless.
Note the units may be expressed with letter or symbols, depending on what we are measuring.
The list of choices you provided with your question
is utterly devoid of any such examples.
m₁ = mass of sample of copper = m₂ = mass of sample of aluminum = 5 g
T = initial temperature of copper = initial temperature of aluminum
T₁ = final temperature of copper
T₂ = final temperature of aluminum
c₁ = specific heat of copper = 0.09 cal/g°C
c₂ = specific heat of aluminum = 0.22 cal/g°C
Since both receive same amount of heat, hence
Q₁ = Q₂
m₁ c₁ (T₁ - T) = m₂ c₂ (T₂ - T)
(5) (0.09) (T₁ - T) = (5) (0.22) (T₂ - T)
T₁ - T = (2.44) (T₂ - T)
Change in temperature of copper = (2.44) change in temperature of aluminum
hence the correct choice is
c. The copper will get hotter than the aluminum.
