SOLUTION: you burn 300 calories will exercising for 40 minutes. what is your average power while exercising, in watts?

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Question 1104638: you burn 300 calories will exercising for 40 minutes. what is your average power while exercising, in watts?


Answer by ikleyn(52885) About Me  (Show Source):
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The power is 300 calories per 2%2F3 of an hour = 300%2F%28%282%2F3%29%29 = 450 calories per hour.

The SI derived unit for power is the watt. 1 calories per hour is equal to 0.001163 watt.

Use it to convert calories/hour to watts:

Power in watts = 450*0.001163 watts = 0.52335 watts.