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A test automobile of mass 1000 kg moving at high speed crashes into a wall. The average...

A test automobile of mass 1000 kg moving at high speed crashes into a wall. The average temperature of the car is measured to rise by 0.5°C after the wreck. What is the change in mass of the car? Where does this change in mass come from? (Assume the average specific heat of the automobile is close to that of steel, 0.11 cal . g-1 . °C-1.)

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