In this question a 50 g ice cube is dropped into 200 g of water in a thermally insulating container. If the water is initially at 25 degrees C and the ice comes from the freezer at -15 degrees C, what is the equilibrium temperature?

Calorimetry with ice water mixture (PhysCasts)

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