Posted by albert on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 9:06pm.
In any closed system, the sum of heats gained is zero.
Heatsubstance+heatiron+heat water=0
200*c*(98-30)+300ciron*(98-100)+200cwater*(98-100)=0
look up the spec heat for iron, water, and solve for c.
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