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a liquid with a specific heat of 1900J/Kg° C has 4750 joules of heat energy is added to it. if the temperature increases from 20° to 30°, what is the mass of the liquid

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E=mcθ
where E is the energy added,m is the mass,c is the specfic heat capacity and θ is the change in temprature.
making m subject u get E/cθ=m
θ=(30-20)=10
plugging the values we get :

(4750)/(1900*10)

solving it we get the answer that is 0.25kg or 250 grams

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