Why do you want the water to drip off the metal before it is placed in the calorimeter?

(a) the mass and the initial temperature of the calorimeter water will be incorrect and affect the calculation of the specific heat capacity of the metal.
(b) the mass of the metal will be incorrect and affect the calculation of the specific heat capacity of the metal.
(c) both a and b.

(A) The mass and the initial temperature of the calorimeter water will be incorrect and affect the calculation of the specific heat capacity of the metal.

the journeys of marquette, joliet and la salle a) new france expand.

all three of these explorers explored the midwest and the area around the great lakes, which they subsequently claimed for france.

this was a big portion of territory and expanded new france which before then only consisted of quebec province in northeastern canada