What is the Volume of Air Affected by Heat Released from Cooling Water?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the volume of air affected by the heat released from cooling water. The specific heat of water is 4.19 kJ/kg°C, while the specific heat of air is approximately 1 kJ/kg°C. The density of air is 1.25 kg/m³ and that of water is 1000 kg/m³. The solution involves determining the mass of water cooling by 1°C and equating it to the mass of air that can absorb that energy to find the corresponding volume of air.

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Homework Statement



The air temperature above the coastal areas
is profoundly influenced by the large specific
heat of water. One reason is that the heat
released when 1 m3 of water cools by 1◦C will
raise the temperature of an enormously larger
volume of air by 1◦C.
Calculate this volume of air. The specific
heat of air is approximately 1 kJ/kg◦ C and
its density is 1.25 kg/m3. The specific heat of water
is 4.19 kJ/kg◦ C and its density is 1000 kg/m3.
Answer in units of m3


Homework Equations



Q=mc\DeltaT

The Attempt at a Solution



I figured you would set the air and water values equal to one another and solve for volume in place of math, but I realize this isn't correct because you have to incorporate volume, help?
 
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How about finding first the mass of the water, then the mass of the air that can absorb the energy from the water, then the volume of that air?
 

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