The temperature of a 24.3 g sample of gold increases from 23.7 °C to 31.5 °C. If the specific heat of gold is 0.129 J/g-K, how many joules of heat are absorbed?
A)24.5 J
B)0.0414 J
C)-24.5 J
D)0.293 J
E)1.01 J

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The heat absorbed (q) can be calculated using the formula q = m * c * ΔT, where m is the mass (24.3 g), c is the specific heat (0.129 J/g-K), and ΔT is the change in temperature (31.5 °C - 23.7 °C = 7.8 °C). Plugging in the values, q = 24.3 g * 0.129 J/g-K * 7.8 K = 24.5 J.

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