How many food calories are burned or used up to do this?

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How many food calories are burned or used up to do this?

A 80.0 kg person climbs 14.0 meters up a vertical rope. How many (food) Calories are expended in a single climb up the rope? (1 food Calorie = 103 calories)

2006-11-29 04:22:21 · 2 answers · asked by activegirl 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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A food calorie is 1000 calories.
Answer = mass times vertical distance times gravitational force.

2006-11-29 04:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

A food, or nutritional, calorie is not 103, but 1000 calories.

2006-11-29 06:30:50 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋