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1.6 Exercise 22

Avg difficulty 2.5

Calculate the rate of heat conduction out of the human body, assuming that the core internal temperature is 37.0°C37.0 ° \text{C}, the skin temperature is 34.0°C34.0 ° \text{C}, the thickness of the fatty tissues between the core and the skin averages 1.00 cm, and the surface area is 1.40m21.40 \text{m}^{2}.

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