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Twenty grams of ammonium nitrate( NH4NO3 ) is dissolve in 125 grams of water in a coffee cup calorimeter and the temperature drops from 295 oC to 285 o C. Find the value of q for the calorimeter.
(hint: treat heat capacity of water as the heat capacity of calorimeter and its contents)