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    Find amount of water at 20 degrees to melt 100 g ice

    That's because there are three questions attached to the problem statement. 20 degrees is the temperature of the water you use to melt the ice. 0 and 100 degrees is not related to the temperature of the ice, but of the water used to melt the ice.Edit: forgot to mention the 20 degrees when I...
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    Find amount of water at 20 degrees to melt 100 g ice

    This an extra voluntary question on a physics assignment I've already handed in. But I still want to try and figure it out so here goes: Homework Statement This is what I'm told: "You take 100 g ice cubes from the freezer. The ice cubes' temperature is -18°C." The specific heat capacity...
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    Do I stand a chance as a physicist?

    That's a very valid point, and is something I've considered. Not all I read is popular science though. For example I'm currently working my way through Courant's 'What is Mathematics?'. Why is that? If that isn't too generalized a question. Just thought there might be some common trigger or...
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    Do I stand a chance as a physicist?

    Hi there. I'm new here and this is my first post. So yeah, hi. So, I'm a 19-year old high school drop-out with a quite profound interest in physics. Here's some background: I've always gotten good grades in school, especially in math and English (2nd language), but I did it without really...