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If an average person jogs, hse produces 14.5 × 10³ cal/min. This is removed by the evaporation of sweat. The amount of sweat evaporated per minute (assuming 1 kg requires 580 × 10³ cal for evaparation) is

Options

A

0.25 kg

B

2.25 kg

C

0.05 kg

D

0.20 kg

Correct Answer :

0.25 kg

Solution :

The correct answer is 0.25 kg.

To find the amount of sweat evaporated per minute, we can set up a relationship between the heat produced by the body and the heat required for the evaporation of sweat.

Let the heat produced per minute by the person be Q.
From the given data, we have:
Q=14.5×103 cal/min

Let the latent heat of vaporization of sweat (heat required to evaporate 1 kg of sweat) be L.
From the given data, we have:
L=580×103 cal/kg

Let the mass of sweat evaporated per minute be m. The relationship between heat, mass, and latent heat is given by the formula:
Q=m×L

To solve for m, we rearrange the formula:
m=QL

Substituting the given values into the equation:
m=14.5×103 cal/min580×103 cal/kg

We can simplify this by canceling out the common term 103 in the numerator and the denominator:
m=14.5580 kg/min

Performing the division:
m=0.025 kg/min

There seems to be a minor typo in the provided options where 0.025 kg is written as 0.25 kg. Matching the closest provided option from the list ["0.25 kg", "2.25 kg", "0.05 kg", "0.20 kg"], we select 0.25 kg as specified by the correct option.

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