College Physics
College Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
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Chapter 11.2, Problem 11.1QQ

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Rank the samples from lowest to highest temperature after heat is added to it.

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To determine

Rank the samples from least to greatest amount of energy transferred by heat if each increases in temperature by a fixed amount.

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