Answer to Question #52634 in Physics for Kristyn

Question

An ice chest at a beach party contains 12 cans of soda at 2.69 °C. Each can of soda has a mass of 0.35 kg and a specific heat capacity of 3800 J/(kg C°). Someone adds a 6.05-kg watermelon at 24.1 °C to the chest. The specific heat capacity of watermelon is nearly the same as that of water. Ignore the specific heat capacity of the chest and determine the final temperature T of the soda and watermelon in degrees Celsius.