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Determining what's included when calculating the heat emitted (q).

When calculating the amount of heat emitted (q):

In which of these situations should you add the weight of what is added to the water, to the weight of the water itself?

-17g stick of boiled metal added to water in a calorimeter.

or

-2g of NaOH added to water to measure the heat of dissolving.

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