Copper has a specific heat capacity of 0.385 J/g˚C. A piece of copper releases 5000.0 Joules of energy when it is cooled from 230˚C to 110˚C. What is the mass of the piece of copper? please show your work.

the catch is that the top numbers are atomic masses the bottom numbers are the numbers of protons and electrons in an uncharged atom. they are the number of that atoms as you would find them on the periodic table. further, the numbers on the left are used to determine the missing numbers on the right

so here we go

atomic mass

239 + 1 = y + 134 + 3 combine like terms

240 = y + 137             subtract 137 from both terms

240 - 137 = y

103 = y

atomic number

94 = z +54 + 0

94 = z + 54               subtract 54 from both sides.

40 = z

answer

The answer is 1.82 j/g°c