Suppose you eat five cookies, each of which contains 100 calories. If the same amount of energy in the cookies was used to heat 50,000 g of water, the temperature of the water would increase by

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Each cookie contains 100 calories, so five cookies contain 500 calories. Since 1 calorie raises the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C, 500 calories will raise the temperature of 50,000 grams of water by 10°C (500 calories / 50,000 grams = 0.01°C per gram, multiplied by 50,000 grams = 10°C).

Suppose You Eat Five Cookies, Each of Which Contains 100