A sample of polystyrene, which has a specific heat capacity of 1.880 J'g .°C', is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that contains 200.0 g of water. The polystyrene sample starts off at 95.2 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 24.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 32.4 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm. Calculate the mass of the polystyrene sample. Be sure your answer is rounded to 2 significant digits.

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A sample of polystyrene, which has a specific heat capacity of 1.880 J-g .°C ', is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that
contains 200.0 g of water. The polystyrene sample starts off at 95.2 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 24.0 °C.
When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 32.4 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm.
Calculate the mass of the polystyrene sample. Be sure your answer is rounded to 2 significant digits.
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Transcribed Image Text:- 1 -1 A sample of polystyrene, which has a specific heat capacity of 1.880 J-g .°C ', is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that contains 200.0 g of water. The polystyrene sample starts off at 95.2 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 24.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 32.4 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm. Calculate the mass of the polystyrene sample. Be sure your answer is rounded to 2 significant digits. |x10
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