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7. A 2.15 g cashew nut is burned. The heat released raises the temperature of a 100.0 g sample of
water from 18.2\deg C to 31.5\deg C. The mass of the nut after the experiment is 1.78 g. Determine
the calorie content of the nut in Calories/gram. Assume that the water is only able to absorb
25% of the heat released by the burning nut.
[ Given 1.00 Calorie =4.18 kJ ]

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