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Homework Statement
A metal container, which has a mass of 8.0 kg contains 14.3 kg of water. A 2.9-kg piece of the same metal, initially at a temperature of 190.0°C, is dropped into the water. The container and the water initially have a temperature of 15.1°C and the final temperature of the entire system is 17.1°C. Calculate the specific heat of the metal.
Homework Equations
Q = c* m *change in T
The Attempt at a Solution
The heat of the container + the heat of the water = the heat of the piece of metal
using algebra I got the equation:
cwater*Mwater*change in Twater / [Mpiece*change in Tpiece - Mcontainer*change in Tcontainer]
I am having trouble figuring out the temperatures for the equation. Please help!