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If `150 kJ` of energy is needed for muscular work to walk a distance of one km, than how much of gulcose one has to consume to walk a distance of five km, provided only `30%` energy is available for muscular work.The enthalpy of combustion of glucose is `3000 kJ mol^(-1)`

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