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John, of mass 82.4 kg can do work for about 2.0 minutes at the rate of 1.0 hp. How long will it take him to climb three flights of stairs, a vertical height of 12.0 m?
1 hp= 746 watts
a) 8.2 s
b) 130 s
c) 13 s
d) 9.1 s
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