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worty [1.4K]
3 years ago
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Energy is conventionally measured in Calories as well as in joules. One Calorie in nutrition is one kilocalorie, defined as 1 kc

al = 4 186 J. Metabolizing 1 g of fat can release 9.00 kcal. A student decides to try to lose weight by exercising. He plans to run up and down the stairs in a football stadium as fast as he can and as many times as necessary. To evaluate the program, suppose he runs up a flight of 95 steps, each 0.150 m high, in 57.5 s. For simplicity, ignore the energy he uses in coming down (which is small). Assume that a typical efficiency for human muscles is 20.0%. Therefore when your body converts 100 J from metabolizing fat, 20 J goes into doing mechanical work (here, climbing stairs). The remainder goes into extra internal energy. Assume that the student's mass is 65.0 kg.
a. How many times must the student run the flight of stairs to lose 1.00 kg of fat?
b. What is his average power output, in watts and horsepower, as he runs up the stairs?
c. Is this activity in itself a practical way to lose weight?
Physics
1 answer:
IgorC [24]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The answers to the questions are;

a. The number of times the student run the flight of stairs to lose 1.00 kg of fat is 829.23 times.

b. The average power output, in watts and horsepower, as he runs up the stairs is 158.026 watts.

c. The act of climbing the stairs is not a practical way to lose weight has to lose 1 kg of fat, the student needs to workout for about 26.49 hrs or 1.104 days.

Explanation:

To solve the question, we write out the known variables as follows

1 g of fat = 9.00kcal

Number of steps the student climbs = 95 steps

Height of each step = 0.150 m

Time it takes for the student to reach the top of the stairs = 57.5 s.

Efficiency of human muscles = 20 %

Mass of student, m = 65 kg

a. From the question, the energy expended by the student in climbing the stairs is the "work done" by the student.

The "work done" is the height climbed resulting in the gaining of gravitational potential energy P. E..

That is work done, W, =  P. E. = m·g·h

Where:

h = The total height climbed by the student

g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 m/s²

Therefore;

h = Height of each step × Number of steps the student climbs =

  = 0.150 m/(step) × 95 steps = 14.25 m

Therefore, P. E. = 65 kg × 9.81 m/s² × 14.25 m = 9086.5125 kg·m²/s²

                          = 9086.5125 J

We remember that the efficiency of the muscle is 20 %

The formula for efficiency is

Efficiency = \frac{Ene rgy Out put}{Energ y In put} \times 100 %

The work produced by the muscle =  Energy Output = 9086.5125 J

Energy input is given by

\frac{Out put} {Effici ency} = 9086.5125 J/ (0.2) = 45432.5625 J

= 45.432 kJ

From the question, 1 g of fat = 9.00 kcal and

1 kcal = 4186 J

Therefore 1 g of fat can release 9.00 kcal × 4186 J = 37674 J

Therefore 1 kg of fat = 1000 g = 1000 × 37674 J = 37674 kJ

To consume the energy in 1 kg of fat the student therefore will run up the foight of stairs \frac{37674 kJ}{45.432 kJ} times to make up the 37674 kJ energy contained in 1 kg of fat

That is  \frac{37674 kJ}{45.432 kJ} =  829.23 times

b. Power is the rate of doing work

That is Power output = \frac{ WorkO utput }{Time} = \frac{9086.5125 J}{57.5 s} = 158.026 watts

c. No as the activity student will have to spend a total time of

829.23 × 57.5 s = 47680.67 s climbing up the stairs alone  and

47680.67 s = ‪13.24 Hours climbing up of which if the time to climb down is the same s climbing up, then we ave total time = 2× ‪13.24 Hours  

= 26.49 hrs = 1.104 days exercising which is not humanly possible.

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