Re: Question about work and energy transfer

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> If you push yourself off from the edge of a skating rink, how is the
> chemical energy transferred to your motion?
>
> -tg
>

Yes. This is what I'm asking. You push off the rink... some of your energy
is transferred to the rink(earth). This is the work you do on the rink. This
same work can be seen as negative work done by the rink on you.

The second process that takes place is that the chemical energy in your body
is converted to kinetic energy in your body. It is this second process that
I'm wondering about.


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