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Example Question #1 : Other Thermodynamic Principles
If a copper wire gains
of heat, what is the change in temperature of the wire?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
The thermal energy an object contains is given by:
Where is the specific heat,
is the change in temperature,
is the mass, and
is the amount of energy. We are given everything but the
, so we rearrange the equation to
Plug in known values and solve:
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