The specific heat of substance A is one fourth that of substance B. The temperature of both a 24.0 g sample of substance A and a 12.0 g sample of substance B was raised 20 °C. The heat absorbed by substance A was ________ the heat absorbed by substance B.

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The heat absorbed (q) is given by q = mcΔT. Since the specific heat of A is one fourth that of B, and the mass of A is twice that of B, the heat absorbed by A is one-half that absorbed by B.

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