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a man accidentally drops 95 g of an unknown metal at 150 ᵒC into an insulated...

a man accidentally drops 95 g of an unknown metal at 150 ᵒC into an insulated beaker containing 42 g of water at 21 ᵒC . The final temperature of the mixture is 32.5 ᵒC . What is the specific heat of the unknown metal, in units of J/(g.K)?

Specific heat of water = 4.186 J/(g. k).

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