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If you ate a SNICKERSTM bar that has 220 Calories, and you can burn off 1.84 horsepower when running stairs, how long in minutes would you have to run to burn off that indulgent snack?


(Hints: 1 Calorie (food) = 1,000 calories (heat); 1 calorie = 4.18 Joules; 1 horsepower (hp) = 746 Watts).

 Apr 28, 2014

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Energy required = 220*1000*4.18 J

Energyrequired=220×1000×4.18=Energyrequired=919600 Joules

Power available = 1.84*746 J/s

Poweravailable=1.84×746=Poweravailable=1372.64 Joules/second

Time = Energy required/(60*Power available) minutes

Time=919600(60×1372.64)=Time=11.1658312934685472minutes

 Apr 29, 2014
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Energy required = 220*1000*4.18 J

Energyrequired=220×1000×4.18=Energyrequired=919600 Joules

Power available = 1.84*746 J/s

Poweravailable=1.84×746=Poweravailable=1372.64 Joules/second

Time = Energy required/(60*Power available) minutes

Time=919600(60×1372.64)=Time=11.1658312934685472minutes

Alan Apr 29, 2014

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