Answer:
a) It will take you 16.94 min to climb the stairs.
b) The numbers of flights are 123 flights.
Explanation:
a) Let the energy consumption while climbing the stairs be 685 W in kcal/min is given by:
rate of energy consumption = (685 W)×[(0.01433kcal/min)/1 W]
= 9.81605 kcal/min
the time it takes to climb the stairs is given by:
t = E/P
= (166.0 kcal)/(9.8 kcal/min)
= 16.94 min
Therefore, it will take you 16.94 min to climb the stairs.
b) Given t is the time it takes to climb stairs and N is the number of stairs to climb per min, then the number of stairs is:
n = t×N
= (16.94)×(116)
= 1965 stairs
given the number of stairs each flight as N1, then the number of flights is given by:
flights = n/N1
= (1965)/(16)
= 123 flights
Therefore, the numbers of flights are 123 flights.
The distance is measured between the 'centers of mass',
or 'centers of gravity' of both objects. That's the point inside
the object where there's the same amount of mass in every
direction away from it.
If the object is something like a sphere, or a cube, or a uniform
wooden board, or anything "symmetrical", then the center of mass /
center of gravity is the actual center of the object. If the object has
some irregular shape, then it's harder to calculate or measure where
its center is.
Newtons 3rd law of motion states the every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so in space with no gravity and no friction the ship would move in what ever direction it was pushed forever, until it would reach some kind of gravitational pull.
Hope this was right, =]
JT