How much do the disk temperatures increase

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A 1500kg car moving at 40Km/hr is brought to a sudden stop. If all the car's kinetic energy is dissipated in heating its four 5.0kg steel brake disks, by how much do the disk temperatures increase? The specific heat of steel is c=0.120cal/gdegree Celsius

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