A dietician develops a new diet, in which people drink copious amounts of ice water. The theory is that the body must raise the temperature from 0.0 deg C to body temperature (37.0 deg C), and will use energy (therefore burning fat) to achieve this. If it takes 3500 Cal (3500 kcal) of energy output to burn off 454 g (about 1 pound) of fat, how much ice water (in L) must be consumed to achieve this? (Useful information: 1 L = 1000 cm3; density of water = 1 g/cm3; specific heat of water = 1 cal/g deg C)

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A dietician develops a new diet, in which people drink copious amounts of ice water. The theory is that the body must raise the temperature from 0.0 deg C to body temperature (37.0 deg C), and will use energy (therefore burning fat) to achieve this. If it takes 3500 Cal (3500 kcal) of energy output to burn off 454 g (about 1 pound) of fat, how much ice water (in L) must be consumed to achieve this? (Useful information: 1 L = 1000 cm3; density of water = 1 g/cm3; specific heat of water = 1 cal/g deg C)

 

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