• A steel (c=448 J/kg.^∘C) strut near a ship's furnace is 2.00 m long, with a mass of 1.57 kg and cross-sectional area of 1.00×10⁴ m². During operation of the furnace, the strut absorbs a net thermal energy of 2.50×10⁵ J.
• (a) Find the change in temperature of the strut. 
• (b) If the initial temperature was 40∘C. Find the final temperature.

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