A 0.531 g sample of steam at 103.0 °C is condensed into a container with 5.59 g of water at 14.9 °C. What is the final temperature of the water mixture if no heat is lost?

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.