(1) Slick Johnny burns 1.2 Kcal/min when he's completely chilled and fasted.  He lives on moonshine whiskey which is about 40% ethanol (assume a g is about an ml).  Assuming there isn't much else of nutritional value, how much would he have to drink to maintain his body weight. 0.62 L  0.82 L 0.93 L 1.44 L

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(1) Slick Johnny burns 1.2 Kcal/min when he's completely chilled and fasted.  He lives on moonshine whiskey which is about 40% ethanol (assume a g is about an ml).  Assuming there isn't much else of nutritional value, how much would he have to drink to maintain his body weight.

0.62 L 

0.82 L

0.93 L

1.44 L

 

(2) Assuming ethanol (C2H6O) is completely burned to CO2 and H2O, what would Slick Johnny's RQ be?

0.67

0.74

0.86

0.96

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