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Answer the following problems showing all work. (There are no final or initial temperature calculations)
1. The Principal was driving the school golf cart 4.57km/hr. If the Principal rode 5.02E9 cm. how long did it take in days?
2. A 1.73 kg sample of a substance gains 26.3 kcals of energy. If specific heat capacity is 0.731 cal/(g °C), what is the change of temperature, (ΔT) . Please include the sign even if it is a positive number of degrees.
3. A container of water was given 3.75KJ of energy and its temperature raise from 54.6°C to 101.4°C. How many grams of water are you heating?
4. How many kcals of energy was absorbed by 315g of a substance if the temperature raised from 37.1° C to 64.3°C. The specific heat capacity of the substance is 0.803 cal/(g°C)?
5. What is the specific heat capacity of a substance if the 71.6g of substance absorbs 2.17 kJ of energy while the temperature went from 18.1°C to 47.2° C?
Answers: 1) 458days, 2) +20.8°C, 3) 19.2g , 4) 6.88kcal , 5) 1.04cal/(g°C)