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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2022🎓 HS🔄 Round 8#️⃣ Question 16🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

A student adds 100 grams of boiling water to 100 grams of water at 20 degrees celsius in a styrofoam cup at atmospheric pressure. She measures the final temperature of the water to be 50 degrees celsius. To one significant figure in joules per kelvin, what is the specific heat capacity of the styrofoam cup?

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