Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics - Problems - Page 604: 11a

Answer

$T=57C^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

As the process is thermally isolated, hence $Q_1+Q_2=0$ $\implies m_1c_1(T-T_{i1})+ m_2c_2(T-T_{i2})=0$ This can be rearranged as: $T=\frac{m_1c_1 T_{i1}+m_2c_2T_2}{m_1c_1+m_2c_2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T=\frac{0.2(900)(373)+0.05(4187)(293)}{0.2(900)+0.05(4187)}=330K=330-273=57C^{\circ}$
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