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Textbook Solutions for Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics

Chapter 17 Problem 17.118

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BIO Overheating While Jogging. (a) If the jogger in the preceding problem were not able to get rid of the excess heat, by how much would his body temperature increase above the normal 37C in a half hour of jogging? The specific heat for a human is about (b) How high a fever (in F) would this temperature increase be equivalent to? Is the increase large enough to be of concern? (Recall that normal body temperature is 98.6F.)

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The first step in solving 17 problem number 118 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: BIO Overheating While Jogging. (a) If the jogger in the preceding problem were not able to get rid of the excess heat, by how much would his body temperature increase above the normal 37C in a half hour of jogging? The specific heat for a human is about (b) How high a fever (in F) would this temperature increase be equivalent to? Is the increase large enough to be of concern? (Recall that normal body temperature is 98.6F.)
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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

BIO Overheating While Jogging. (a) If the jogger in the

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