You are given a metal sample of weight 28.4 and asked to determine its specific heat. you add 1.25 x 104 j of heat to the sample and then measure a temperature increase of 18.0°c. what is the specific heat of the sample?

Explanation:

The heat added to the sample is related to its increase in temperature by:

where

is the heat added

is the mass of the sample

is the specific heat

is the increase in temperature

Substituting the numbers into the equation, we find the specific heat:

increasing transnational kinetic energy. because the transnational kinetic energy formula consists of only two variables, mass and velocity, increasing one of those properties is the only way to increase an object's transnational kinetic energy. increases to mass and velocity, however, do not have the same impact.