Solved: Bicyclists in the Tour de France do enormous

Chapter 6, Problem 6.132

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Bicyclists in the Tour de France do enormous amounts of work during a race. For example, the average power per kilogram generated by seven-time-winner Lance Armstrong (m 75.0 kg) is 6.50 W per kilogram of his body mass. (a) How much work does he do during a 135-km race in which his average speed is 12.0 m/s? (b) Often, the work done is expressed in nutritional Calories rather than in joules. Express the work done in part (a) in terms of nutritional Calories, noting that 1 joule 2.389 104 nutritional Calories. 6

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