You have a flight of stairs 8 feet in height. You walk up the stairs two times (1st time... slow) which takes you 10.5 seconds, (2nd time... fast) which takes you 5.5 seconds. If your mass was 63.5 kg and  the height of the stairs is 8 feet calculate the work required (in Joules & in calories) to climb the stairs. This actually corresponds to calories ‘burned. For both ascents, calculate the power generated. Calculate in Watts

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You have a flight of stairs 8 feet in height. You walk up the stairs two times (1st time... slow) which takes you 10.5 seconds, (2nd time... fast) which takes you 5.5 seconds. If your mass was 63.5 kg and  the height of the stairs is 8 feet calculate the work required (in Joules & in calories) to climb the stairs. This actually corresponds to calories ‘burned. For both ascents, calculate the power generated. Calculate in Watts.

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