Brass is an alloy made from copper and zinc.
A 0.58 kg brass sample at 96.9◦C is dropped
into 2.38 kg of water at 4.5◦C.
If the equilibrium temperature is 7.5◦C,
what is the specific heat capacity of brass?
The specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg ·
◦ C .
Answer in units of J/kg ·
◦ C.