The nutritional information on a cereal box shows that one serving of a dry cereal has 200 kilocalories.If a person were to ignite one serving of the cereal in a bowl,the amount of heat given off would be sufficient to raise the temperature of 20 kg of water how many degrees Celsius?

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One kilocalorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by 1°C. Therefore, 200 kilocalories would be sufficient to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by 200°C. To raise the temperature of 20 kg of water, we need to divide 200°C by 20, which gives 10°C. Therefore, the correct answer is D) 10.0°C.

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