An Average Person Can Produce Considerable Power Output for Short $100 \mathrm {~W}$

question 14

Essay

An average person can produce considerable power output for short periods of time. However, over an entire 8 hour working day a person might be able to average $100 \mathrm {~W}$ output of physical power. If energy is valued at $\$ 0.12 / \mathrm { kWh }$ (about the average cost of electricity from a public utility) what is the monetary value of a person's physical work per day?

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