Question

During a high fever, a 61.0-kg-patient's normal metabolism increases by 11.0%. This results in an increase of 11.0% in the heat given off by the person. When the person slowly walks up five flights of stairs (20.0 m), she normally releases 85.0 kJ of heat.

What is the ratio of the patient's efficiency Efever when she walks up the stairs with a fever to her efficiency Ehealthy when she walks up the stairs healthy without a fever.

Efever/Ehealthy = ____

Answer 1