An ice chest at a beach party contains 48 cans of soda at 9 C....

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An ice chest at a beach party contains 48 cans of soda at 9 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 14.25-kg watermelon at 27 C to the chest. The specific heat capacity of watermelon is approximately 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.

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