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Thanks mjc123! I found another article related to this topic, wherein the author shows a slightly larger error when including solute mass, as opposed to ignoring solute mass (for a dilute solution)...

When solving "coffee cup calorimeter" problems, you're supposed to include the solute mass with the mass of your solution. However, you're also supposed to assume that dilute solutions have the same density and heat capacity as water. So if I add 5g of NaOH to 500g of water, the solution...