What must be the value of the height in m so that the water temperature increases by 0.5 [°C]

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A thermally insulated container (closed system) filled with hot water is dropped from a height.
form that collides inelastically with the ground. What must be the value of the height in m so that
the water temperature increases by 0.5 [°C]. Assume that all the energy lost in the fall is
invest in increasing the temperature of the water. I considered a gravitational acceleration of 9.81 [m/s2].

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