A $51-$kg woman eats a $571$ Calorie $(571$ kcal$)$ jelly doughnut for breakfast.

$($a$)$ How many joules of energy are the equivalent of one jelly doughnut?

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$($b$)$ How many steps must the woman climb on a very tall stairway to change the gravitational potential energy of the woman$-$Earth system by a value equivalent to the food energy in one jelly doughnut? Assume the height of a single stair is $15$ cm$.$

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$($c$)$ If the human body is only $23\%$ efficient in converting chemical potential energy to mechanical energy, how many steps must the woman climb to work off her breakfast?

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