Help Please! a) How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of a 3.5 kg steel pot containing 3.0 kg of water from 28 oC to the boiling point and then to boil away 2.0 kg of the water?

b) If heat is supplied to the pot of water at the rate of 150 cal/minutes, how long will this take?

Three different objects, all with different masses, are initially at rest at the bottom of a set of steps. each step is of uniform height . the mass of each object is a multiple of the base mass : object 1 has mass 4..00m , object 2 has mass 1..96m , and object 3 has mass . when the objects are at the bottom of the steps, define the total gravitational potential energy of the three-object system to be zero. if the objects are then relocated as shown, what is the new total potential energy of the system? each answer requires the numerical coefficient to an algebraic expression. each algebraic expression is given using some combination of the variables , , and , where is the acceleration due to gravity. enter only the numerical coefficient. (example: if the answer is 1..23mgd , just enter 1.23)