Convert 3.50 3 103 cal to an equivalent number of joules. (a) 2.74 3 104 J (b) 1.47 3 104 J (c) 3.24 3 104 J (d) 5.33 3 104 J (e) 7.20 3 105 J
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A 60.0-kg runner expends 300 W of power while running a marathon. Assuming 10.0% of the energy is delivered to the muscle tissue and that the excess energy is removed from the body primarily by sweating, determine the volume of bodily fluid (assume it is water) lost per hour. (At 37.0C, the latent heat of vaporization of water is 2.41 3 106 J/kg.)
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