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2. One Calorie in nutrition is one kilocalorie, defined as 1 kcal = 4186 J. Metabolizing 1 g of fat can release 9 kcal. A student decides to try to lose weight by exercising. He plans to tun up and down the stairs in a football stadium as fast as he can and as many times as neccessary. Is this plan in itself a practical way to lost weight? To evaluate the program, suppose he runs up a flight of 80 steps, each 0.15 m high, in 65 s. For simplicity, ignore the energy he uses in coming down (which is small). Assume that a typical efficiency for human muscles is 20%. This statement means that when your body converts 100 J from metabolizing fat, 20 J goes into doing mechanical work (here, climbing stairs) and the remainder goes into extra internal energy. Assume that the student's mass is 75 kg. a) How many times must the student run the flight of stairs to lose 1 kg of fat? b)What is his average power output, in watts as he runs up the stairs?