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14.5 Exercise 10

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Calculate the rate of heat conduction out of the human body, assuming that the core internal temperature is 37.0ºC\text{37} . 0º \text{C}, the skin temperature is 34.0ºC\text{34} . 0º \text{C}, the thickness of the tissues between averages 1.00 cm1 .\text{00}\textrm{ }\text{cm}, and the surface area is 1.40m21 . \text{40} \text{m}^{2}.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 14.5 Conduction, exercise 10

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