Water (2110 g ) is heated until it just begins to boil. if the water absorbs 551000. j of heat in the process, what was the initial temperature of the water?
Answer: 42.9 ∘ C Explanation: The idea here is that the problem is providing you with the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a given sample of water from an initial temperature to its boiling point, i.e. to 100
