A student is trying to decide what to wear. His bedroom is at 20.0°C. His skin temperature is 35.0°C. The area of his exposed skin is 1.50 m2. People all over the world have skin that is dark in the infrared, with emissivity about 0.900.Find the net energy transfer from his body by radiation in 10.0 min.

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Problem 58AP: The surface area of an unclothed person is 1.50 m2, and his skin temperature is 33.0C. The person is...
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A student is trying to decide what to wear. His bedroom is at 20.0°C. His skin temperature is 35.0°C. The area of his exposed skin is 1.50 m2. People all over the world have skin that is dark in the infrared, with emissivity about 0.900.
Find the net energy transfer from his body by radiation in 10.0 min.

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