A 50W electric heater is used to heat a metal block of mass 5kg. If in 10 minutes a temperature rise of 12oC is achieved, the specific heat capacity of the metal is
a
400 J kg-1K-1
b
500 J kg-1K-1
c
390 J kg-1K-1
d
130 J kg-1K-1
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Awajimeugwem
7 months ago
According to the given temperature, the reading was 12°c, how come you were using 12 (which was in Celsius) to calculate in the calculation knowing fully that the unit of the resulting solution is in Kelvin

Bosah Obinwanne E
12 years ago
PLEASE, WE NEED U TO RESTRUCTURE THE TIME OR KINDLY ALLOW THE USERS TO SELECT THEIR MAXIMUM TIME AND NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. THANKS



