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1) When people sleep, their metabolic rate is about 2.6 * 10^-4 C/(s*kg). How many Calories does a 81 kg person metabolize while getting a good night's sleep of 8.5 hrs?
2) To determine the specific heat of an object, a student heats it to 100 °C in boiling water. She then places the 34.5-g object in a 151-g aluminum calorimeter containing 114 g of water. The aluminum and water are initially at a temperature of 20.0 °C, and are thermally insulated from their surroundings. If the final temperature is 23.6 °C, what is the specific heat of the object?