Thermal Equilibrium H2O(l) & H2O (s)

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Homework Statement


When you mix 0.5kg of ice which has an initial temperature of -65 celsius with 3.0kg of water which as an initial temperature 20 celsius, at what temperature do both substances come to thermal equilibrium?

Answer: 1.2 Celsius

Homework Equations



q=mc[Delta]T
[Delta]T=Q/C ; Q=heat, C=Heat capacity

The Attempt at a Solution




My Thoughts: I found out that when the ice reaches 0 celsius, the temperature of the water will go down to 14.7 celsius. I did this by using the equation q=mc[delta]T and solving for the final temp of water, which would be 14.7 when ice = 0. However, I don't know how to find the thermal equilibrium temp for this problem.

I've tried equating mc[delta]T of water + mc[delta]T of ice=0 because it is a closed system by solving for the delta T, but it didn't give me the answer.

Thanks for any help.
 
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To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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