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A student walks up 50 flights of stairs to gain K joules of potential energy. Wh

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Question

A student walks up 50 flights of stairs to gain K joules of potential energy. What amount of energy was transformed during this activity, and what was its source?

more than K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

slightly less than K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

exactly K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

exactly K joules of mechanical energy that was stored in the staircase

more than K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

slightly less than K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

exactly K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

exactly K joules of mechanical energy that was stored in the staircase

Explanation / Answer

exactly K joules of chemical energy that was stored in the student's body

This can be explained from law conservation of energy.

When students gains potential energy he has to loss energy.

The loss of energy is cmeical energy in his body.