Compute the specific heat of carbon

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A coffee cup calorimeter contains 50.0 g of water at 60.51 C. A 12.4 g piece of graphite at 24.21 C is placed in the calorimeter. The final temperature of the water and the carbon is 59.02 C. Calculate the specific heat of carbon. The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g C.

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