You need to pick up a very hot cooking pot in your

Chapter 11, Problem 11.42

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You need to pick up a very hot cooking pot in your kitchen. You have a pair of hot pads. Should you soak them in cold water or keep them dry in order to pick up the pot most comfortably? joules of energy' are the equivalent of one jelly doughnut? (b) How many stairs must the woman climb to perform an amount of mechanical work equivalent to die food energy' in one jelly doughnut? Assume the height of a single stair is 15 cm. (c) If the human body is only 25% efficient in converting chemical energy to mechanical energy, how many stairs must the woman climb to work off her breakfast?

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