A 17.0 g bullet traveling horizontally at 785 m/s passes through a tank containing 13.5 kg of water and emerges with a speed of 534 m/s. What is the maximum temperature increase that the water could have as a result of this event? (in degrees)

The maximum temperature increase is

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

    The mass of the bullet is

     The  speed is  

     The mass of the water is  

     The velocity it emerged with is  

Generally due to the fact that energy can nether be created nor destroyed but transferred from one form to another then  

the change in kinetic energy of the bullet =  the heat gained by the water

 So

 The change in kinetic energy of the water is  

substituting values  

Now the heat gained by the water is

Here is the specific heat of water which has a value  

So  since    

we have that

explanation:

the masses of the objects and the distance between them