Question

A person wishes the heat pot of freshwater from 20°C to 100°C in order to boil water for pasta they calculate that their pot holds 2 kg of water and that they would need to apply 669,440 Joules of heat energy to produce the desire temperature change are the person calculations correct?defend your answer and demonstrate all relevant calculation

Answer 1

Q=mcΔt

669440 = 2.10³ x 4.184 x (100-20)

669440 = 669440 √ (correct)