Bicyclists in the Tour de France do enormous amounts of work during a race. For example, the

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Bicyclists in the Tour de France do enormous amounts of work during a race. For example, the average power per kilogram generated by seven-time-winner Lance Armstrong (m = 75.0 kg) is 6.50 W per kilogram of his body mass.

(a) How much work does he do during a 135-km race in which his average speed is 12.0 m/s?

(b) Often, the work done is expressed in nutritional Calories rather than in joules. Express the work done in part (a) in terms of nutritional calories, noting that 1 joule = 2.39 × 10-4 nutritional Calories.


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Physics

ISBN: 978-0470879528

9th edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson

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