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A body of mass 100 g is heated to `122^@C` and is quickly immersed in 300 g of water at a temperature of `28^@C` kept in a copper calorimeter of mass 50 g. The common temperature is `30^@C`. If the specific heat of copper be 0.09, find the specific heat of the material of the body.

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