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If doug burns ten calories a minute while he jogs, how long will it take for him to burn the equivalent of one pound of body fat?

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The correct answer is "350 minutes or about 5.8 hours".

According to research, a pound of fat is equivalent to three thousand five hundred (3,500) calories, in order for a person to lose one pound (1 lb). That person must burn a total amount of 3,500 calories.
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