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).
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
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