A human body that is performing light work generates about 400 btus of the body heat per hour while active. if an office that is 20 ft x 30ft x 10ft has 8 workers, how many btus per cubic foot do they produce in 3 hours (to the nearest tenth)

A) 0.2 BTUs/ft3

B) 0.6

C) 1.5

D) 2.9

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Edith Compton

31 May, 22:39

A human body that is performing light work generates about 400 btus of the body heat per hour while active. if an office that is 20 ft x 30ft x 10ft has 8 workers, how many btus per cubic foot do they produce in 3 hours (to the nearest tenth)

A) 0.2 BTUs/ft3

B) 0.6

C) 1.5

D) 2.9

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Lilia Barber · Answer 1

I got none of the above my answer is 1.6 BTUs/ft3. I did 400 x 8 x 3 for total BTUs = 9600 btus and the volume of the room was 20 x 30 x10 ft = 6000 cu ft so 9600/6000 = 1.6 BTUs/ft3

A human body that is performing light work generates about 400 btus of the body heat per hour while active. if an office that is 20 ft x 30ft x 10ft has 8 workers, how many btus per cubic foot do they produce in 3 hours (to the nearest tenth)A) 0.2 BTUs/ft3B) 0.6C) 1.5D) 2.9

A human body that is performing light work generates about 400 btus of the body heat per hour while active. if an office that is 20 ft x 30ft x 10ft has 8 workers, how many btus per cubic foot do they produce in 3 hours (to the nearest tenth)

A) 0.2 BTUs/ft3

B) 0.6

C) 1.5

D) 2.9