When someone has a fever, his or her body temperature might increase by as much as 2°C. Suppose this person has a mass of 48 kg. (a) About how much energy is required to raise a person’s temperature this much? The energy required to raise the person’s temperature is ___J (b) What is this energy in food calories? (1 food calorie ≡ 1 Cal ≡ 1000 calories = 1 kcal.) The energy in food calories is ___cal

When someone has a fever, his or her body temperature might increase by as much as 2°C. Suppose this person has a mass of 48 kg. (a) About how much energy is required to raise a person’s temperature this much? The energy required to raise the person’s temperature is _J (b) What is this energy in food calories? (1 food calorie ≡ 1 Cal ≡ 1000 calories = 1 kcal.) The energy in food calories is _cal

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter7: Conservation Of Energy

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