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An ice chest at a beach party contains 12 cans of soda at 3.14 °C. Each can of soda has a mass of 0.35 kg and a specific heat capacity of 3800 J/(kg C°). Someone adds a 6.75-kg watermelon at 29.6 °C to the chest. The specific heat capacity of watermelon is nearly the same as that of water. Ignore the specific heat capacity of the chest and determine the final temperature T of the soda and watermelon in degrees Celsius.
Heat:
Heat is defined as a form of energy transfer between objects that are at different temperatures. The heat will flow from the object with a high temperature to the object with a low temperature. The amount of heat received by the object will be equal to the heat the other object gives away. The energy transfer process will stop when both objects reach the same temperature.