Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 3 - Section 3.7 - Changes of State - Understanding the Concepts - Page 88: 3.61c

Answer

There are necessary 25h of sleeping to burn the kilocalories in this meal.

Work Step by Step

According to the Table 3.10 (Page 73), a 70.0 kg person, while sleeping, burns 60 kcal per hour. We can use this as a conversion factor. As we have calculated in 3.61b, the total kilocalories in this meal is equal to 1510 kcal. $1510 kcal \times \frac{1h}{60 kcal} = 25.16666667 h$ Rounding that value to the correct number of significant figures: $25h$
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