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In a scientific study of high school-aged boys doing chin ups, it was determined that a man doing 20 chin ups in sixty seconds produced 0.115 kcal per kg of body mass. if a study participant had a mass of 71 kg, by what amount would his temperature, in degrees celsius, increase if he did not lose any heat during the time he was doing the chin ups

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Final answer:

If a 71 kg man did not lose any heat during chin-ups, his temperature would increase by approximately 0.4°C.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the amount by which the temperature of a 71 kg man would increase if he did not lose any heat during chin-ups, we need to first calculate the total amount of energy produced during the chin-ups. The energy produced can be calculated by multiplying the number of chin-ups (20) by the energy produced per kg of body mass (0.115 kcal per kg).

This gives us

(20 * 0.115 kcal/kg) = 2.3 kcal.

1 kcal is equal to 4184 joules, so the energy produced is

(2.3 * 4184 J) = 9611.2 J.

To find the temperature increase, we can use the specific heat capacity formula:

Q = mcΔT,

where Q is the heat energy, m is the mass, c is the specific heat capacity, and ΔT is the temperature change.

In this case, the heat energy Q is 9611.2 J, the mass m is 71 kg, and the specific heat capacity c for the human body is approximately 3500 J/kg·°C.

Rearranging the formula, we can solve for ΔT:

ΔT = Q / (mc)

= 9611.2 J / (71 kg * 3500 J/kg·°C)

≈ 0.4 °C.

Therefore, if the participant did not lose any heat, his temperature would increase by approximately 0.4°C during the chin-ups.

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