Reactivity of metals

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An investigator analyzed the relative reactivity of different metals by measuring the temperature increase when equal masses of each metal were added to a fixed volume of copper(II) sulfate solution.

The student's recorded data is shown in the table below:

MetalTemperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C (Trial 1)Temperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C (Trial 2)Temperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C (Trial 3)Temperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C (Trial 4)Temperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C (Trial 5)Mean temperature rise in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘C
Tin2.11.92.41.81.82.0
Zinc14.213.814.513.913.614.0
Magnesium24.525.18.224.825.6XXX

Calculate the mean temperature rise X X\,X for magnesium in the table.

Do not include the anomalous result in your calculation.

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