The Temperature of a 24

question 50

Multiple Choice

The temperature of a 24.3 g sample of gold increases from 23.7 °C to 31.5 °C. If the specific heat of gold is 0.129 J/g-K, how many joules of heat are absorbed?

• A)24.5 J
• B)0.0414 J
• C)-24.5 J
• D)0.293 J
• E)1.01 J

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