Imagine that you have a Styrofoam cup filled with 20.0 grams of water at room temperature (25.0 °C). A piece of zinc metal with a mass of 8.00 grams is heated to 303 °C and then dropped into the water. Eventually, the zinc and water together reach thermal equilibrium (the same temperature) at 35.0 °C. Calculate the specific heat of zinc metal.

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Imagine that you have a Styrofoam cup filled with 20.0 grams of water at room temperature (25.0 °C). A piece of zinc
metal with a mass of 8.00 grams is heated to 303 °C and then dropped into the water. Eventually, the zinc and water
together reach thermal equilibrium (the same temperature) at 35.0 °C. Calculate the specific heat of zinc metal.  

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