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A half-cup of ice cream contains about 200 food Calories. How much

power can be produced if the energy in a cup of ice cream is expended

over a period of 10 minutes (600 seconds)? Each food Calorie is equal to 4,184 joules. Write your answer in watts and then in horsepower

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MissPhiladelphia

 Fisrt convert the 200 food calorie into
joules, since there are 4184 joule per 1 food calorie, 200 food calorie x (
4184 joule / cal) = 836800 J

P = work/ time

P = 836800 J / 600 s = 1394.67 J/s
= 1394.67 W

P = 1394.67 W ( 1 hp/ 745.7 W) =
1.87 hp

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