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You have a small piece of iron at 25 °C and place it into a large container of water at

75 °C. Which of these could be the temperature of the water after 10 minutes?
40 °C
80 °C
25 °C
75 °C

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Assuming that there is sufficient time for the piece of iron to reach thermal equilibrium with the water, the temperature of the water after 10 minutes could be 75 °C. The heat from the warmer water would flow into the cooler piece of iron, causing its temperature to rise, and the temperature of the water would decrease slightly until they reached the same temperature.

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