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14.2 Exercise 12

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Following vigorous exercise, the body temperature of an 80.0-kg person is 40.0ºC\text{40} . 0º \text{C}. At what rate in watts must the person transfer thermal energy to reduce the the body temperature to 37.0ºC\text{37} . 0º \text{C} in 30.0 min, assuming the body continues to produce energy at the rate of 150 W? 1 watt = 1 joule/second or 1 W = 1 J/s\left(\text{1 watt }=\text{ 1 joule}/\text{second or 1 W }=\text{ 1 J}/\text{s} \right).

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