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Posted by Mark on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 4:22pm.

A .095kg aluminum sphere is dropped rom the roof of a 45m building.If 65% of the thermal energy produced when the sphere hits the ground is absorbed by the sphere, what is its temperature change?

physics - Damon, Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 4:35pm
Ke = m g h = .095*9.8 * 45 Joules

.65 Ke = .045 (specific heat of Al)(delta T)

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