A hard-working horse can lift a 350. lb. weight 100. ft. in one minute. Assuming the horse

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A hard-working horse can lift a 350. lb. weight 100. ft. in one minute. Assuming the horse generates energy to accomplish this work by metabolizing glucose:

C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) → 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(l)

Calculate how much glucose a horse must metabolize to sustain this rate of work for one hour at 298 K.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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