. Copper pennies, each of mass 2.5 grams, are heated to a temperature of 250.00 °C and then dropped into a thermally isolated 50.0 g aluminum cup containing 280.0 g of water, initially at 20.00 °C. If the final equilibrium temperature is 29.29 oC how many copper pennies were dropped into the cup?

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. Copper pennies, each of mass 2.5 grams, are heated to a temperature of 250.00 °C and then dropped into a thermally isolated 50.0 g aluminum cup containing 280.0 g of water, initially at 20.00 °C. If the final equilibrium temperature is 29.29 oC how many copper pennies were dropped into the cup?

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