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A 50.0 g thermometer is used to measure the temperature of 200 g of water. The specific he...

A 50.0 g thermometer is used to measure the temperature of 200 g of water. The specific heat of the thermometer, which is mostly glass, is 750 J/kg · K, and it reads 20.0°C while lying on the table. After being completely immersed in the water, the thermometer’s reading stabilizes at 71.2°C. What was the actual water temperature before it was measured?

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