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1.6 Exercise 50

Avg difficulty 2.5

For the human body, what is the rate of heat transfer by conduction through the body’s tissue with the following conditions: the tissue thickness is 3.00 cm, the difference in temperature is 2.00°C2.00 ° \text{C}, and the skin area is 1.50m21.50 \text{m}^{2}. How does this compare with the average heat transfer rate to the body resulting from an energy intake of about 2400 kcal per day? (No exercise is included.)

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