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At room temperature, a typical person loses energy to the surroundings at the rate of 62 W. If this energy loss has to be made up by an equivalent food intake, how many kilo-calories does this person need to consume every day just to make up this heat loss?(1 cal= 4.186 J)
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a)1000 kcal
b)1100 kcal
c) 1600 kcal
d)1300 kcal
e)1500 kcal
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9 years ago
heat lost in a day = 62*24*3600= 5356800 J = 1.28 mega calories

required calories= 1.28 Mcal
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