What is the temperature inside the freezer?

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Homework Statement


A piece of copper of mass 170g is cooled in a freezer. it's then dropped into water at 0degree,causing 4 g of water to freeze.determine the temperature inside the freezer.


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Is all the water frozen?
 
try conservation of energy principle:
ignoring heat losses to the surroundings, then
energy guven out by copper = energy gained by water
 
Okay.But I don't understand that formula.Can you explain to me?