# Drinking a Soda

Before going in for an annual physical, a 70.0-{\rm kg} person whose body temperature is 37.0{\rm ^{\circ} C} consumes an entire 0.355-{\rm liter} can of a soft drink (which is mostly water) at 12.0{\rm ^{\circ} C}.

Part A
What will be the person's body temperature T_final after equilibrium is attained? Ignore any heating by the person's metabolism. The specific heat capacity of a human body is 3480 {\rm J/kg \cdot K}.

I tried m_1c_1deltaT_1+m_2c_2deltaT_2=0
I got stuck here:
(70kg)(3480J/kgK)(T_f-37) + (70kg)(what is the specific heat for soda?)(Is this just 12C?)

Part B
Is the change in the person's body temperature great enough to be measured by a medical thermometer? (A high-quality medical thermometer can measure temperature changes as small as 0.1{\rm ^{\circ}C} or less.)

yes or no?

I don't really get what they are asking here, I want to say NO, because logically speaking, drinking soda wouldn't lower your body temperature drastically. . . ?

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