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What will be the final temperature, when 150 gm of ice at 0Cis mixed with 300 gm of water at 50C. Specific heat of water = 1cal/gm/C. Latent heat of fusion of ice = 80 cal/gm


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- 3°C

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0°C

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4.8°C

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D

6.7°C

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Solution

The correct option is D

6.7°C


Let us assume that T > 0C

Heat lost by water = Heat gained by ice to melt + heat by water formed from ice

300 × 1 × (50T) = 150 × 80 + 150 × 1 × (T0)

T = 6.7C

Hence our assumption that T > 0C is correct.


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