A champion athlete can produce one horsepower (746 W) for a short period of time. If a 70-kg athlete were to bicycle to the summit of a 500-m high mountain while expending power at this rate, she would have used at least ____ J of energy

a.
746

b.
3.43 × 105

c.
3.73 × 105

d.
7.46 × 105

e.
2.61 × 107


b

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