A 425-g piece of metal at 100°C is dropped into a 100-g aluminum cup containing 500 g of water at 15°C. The final temperature of the system is 40°C. What is the specific heat of the metal, assuming no heat is exchanged with the surroundings? The specific heat of aluminum is 900 J/(kg∙K) .
A) 1900 J/(kg∙K)
B) 2140 J/(kg∙K)
C) 3300 J/(kg∙K)
D) 3800 J/(kg∙K)
E) 4280 J/(kg∙K)
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