A 55.0-g piece of copper wire is heated, and the temperature of the wire changes from 19.0°C to 86.0°C. The amount of heat absorbed is 343 cal. What is the specific heat of copper? Show your work

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abb0t · Answer

Amount heat = mass x specific heat x ∆T 
∆T = change in temperature. (final - initial)

All you gotta do is rearrange it a bit, plug it in. and solve. Simple.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks

anonymous · Answer

so what is the answer im so lost and i need help on this too

abb0t · Answer

@DanaDayWgame 
You just need to plug in the given information. Then, if you remember for algebra, you rearrange the formula around to solve for what you want.