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(a) What is the efficiency of an out-of-condition
Chapter 1, Problem 47PE(choose chapter or problem)
(a) What is the efficiency of an out-of-condition professor who does 2.10×105 J of useful work while metabolizing 500 kcal of food energy? (b) How many food calories would a well-conditioned athlete metabolize in doing the same work with an efficiency of 20%?
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QUESTION:
(a) What is the efficiency of an out-of-condition professor who does 2.10×105 J of useful work while metabolizing 500 kcal of food energy? (b) How many food calories would a well-conditioned athlete metabolize in doing the same work with an efficiency of 20%?
ANSWER:Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 5 Ratio of output energy to the input energy is known as efficiency, Here is the efficiency, is the output energy and is the input energy.