Question

compare the maximum rate of heat transfer to the basal metabolic rate by converting a BMR of 88 Kcal/hr into watts. What is the value

Answer 1

Answer:

The Basal Metabolic Rate of 88 kilocalories per hour is equal to 102.276 watts.

Explanation:

A watt is equal to 1 joule per second, a kilocalory equals 4184 joules and a hour equals 3600 seconds. We convert the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) from kilocalories per hour into watts by following conversion:

$x = 88\,\frac{kcal}{hr}\times \frac{4184\,J}{1\,kcal}\times \frac{1\,h}{3600\,s}$

$x = 102.276\,W$

The Basal Metabolic Rate of 88 kilocalories per hour is equal to 102.276 watts.