Calorimetry Lab: Find Heat Absorbed by Water

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I did a calorimetry lab and here's my result
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I'm supposed to find the heat absorbed by the water in the calorimeter, assuming the density of the solution to be 1.0 g/mL

I kniow I have to use the equation
q-rxn-mass*specific heat *change in temp.

but how do i find the mass of water.
Please help me
 
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If you have a measurement of water in milliliters, and they give you the density of 1.0 g/mL, you can assume that milliliters=grams. That should give you the mass of water.

I'm not sure what else you're asking, but we did a lab pretty similar to this not too long ago, so just let me know if you need help!