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Problem 3.28 (R)

A ton of water is heated from the freezing point to the boiling point. We have to calculate the increase in mass in kilograms and as a percentage of the original mass.

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Specific heat of water is .

Amount of energy acquired by 1 ton of water when it is heated from the freezing point to the boiling point will be

Increase in mass of 1 ton of water on heating from the freezing point to the boiling point will be

Percentage increase in mass with respect to the original mass will be