Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Unit 4 - Problem 3 ==> Weight lifting workout

W = m*g*h = work done in joules

  • m = 20, g = 10 m/s/s, h = 1 m ==> for one repetition
  • $$W = 20*10*1 = 200$$
  • Workout is for 4 minutes which equals 240 seconds
  • Every second we do two-thirds of a repetition
  • $$Repetitions = (\frac{2}{3}) 240 = 160 $$
  • $$joules = 200 * 160 = 32000 $$
  • There are 4200 joules in a calorie.
  • $$calories = \frac{32000.0}{4200.0} = 7.6 $$

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