Shoveling snow can be extremely taxing because the arms have such a low efficiency in this activity.
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Shoveling snow can be extremely taxing because the arms have such a low efficiency in this activity. Suppose a person shoveling a footpath metabolizes food at the rate of 800 W.
(a) What is her useful power output?
(b) How long will it take her to lift 3000 kg of snow 1.20 m? (This could be the amount of heavy snow on 20 m of footpath.)
(c) How much waste heat transfer in kilojoules will she generate in the process?
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a The efficiency of human muscles in shoveling snow is about 3 This means that only 3 of the energy ...View the full answer
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