Determine the specific heat of the liquid

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Solve the following problem given below:

Problem: When a 310-g piece of iron at 180C is placed in a 95-g aluminum calorimeter cup containing 250g of liquid at 10C, the final temperature is observed to be 35C. The value of specific heat for iron is 450J/kgC, and for aluminum is 900J/kgC.

Part A: Determine the specific heat of the liquid.

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