Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Cassie on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 3:25pm.

A 50.0- piece of ice at 0.0 is added to a sample of water at 8.0. All of the ice melts and the temperature of the water decreases to 0.0.

How many kilograms of water were in the sample?

Chemistry - DrBob222, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 4:14pm
(mass ice x heat fusion) + [Mass water x specific heat water x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] = 0
Solve for mass water and convert to kg.

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