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A blacksmith cools a 1.30 kg chunk of iron, initially at a temperature of 650.0∘C, by trickling 14.0 ∘C water over it. All the water boils away, and the iron ends up at a temperature of 120.0∘C.
How much water did the blacksmith trickle over the iron?
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