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Explanation:
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In this case, since this is a system in which the water is heated up and the metal is cooled down in a calorimeter which is not affected by the heat lose-gain process, we can infer that the heat lost by the metal is gained be water, it means that we can write:
Thus, in terms of masses, specific heats and temperatures we can write:
Whereas the equilibrium temperature is the given final temperature of 28.4 °C and we can compute the specific heat of the metal as shown below:
Plugging the values in and since the density of water is 1.00 g/mL so the mass is 80.0g, we obtain:
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