Estimate roughly the total power radiated by your body


(a) Estimate (roughly) the total power radiated by your body, neglecting any energy that is returned by your clothes and environment. (Whatever the color of your skin, its emissivity at infrared wavelengths is quite close to 1; almost any nonmetal is a near-perfect blackbody at these wavelengths.)

(b) Compare the total energy radiated by your body in one day (expressed in kilocalories) to the energy in the food you eat. Why is there such a large discrepancy?

(c) The sun has a mass of 2 x 1030 kg and radiates energy at a rate of 3.9 x 1026 watts. Which puts out more power per units mass-the sun or your body?

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