Your body is presently converting chemical potential energy from food into thermal energy at a rate of about 100 J/s, or 100 W. If heat were flowing out of you at a rate of about 200 W, would your body temperature go up or down?

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Rachel

2 July, 18:41

Your body is presently converting chemical potential energy from food into thermal energy at a rate of about 100 J/s, or 100 W. If heat were flowing out of you at a rate of about 200 W, would your body temperature go up or down?

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Elliana Wilcox · Answer 1

decrease

Explanation:

Rate of production of heat = 100 J/s

Rate of heat flowing out = 200 J/s

As the rate of flowing heat is more than the rate of generating heat so the temperature of body will decrease.