Question

A student had a medium double double coffee from Tim Hortons. The health-conscious student then looks up the nutritional value of the beverage, and is surprised to see it listed as 230. kcal. With the coffee, the student weighs 71.61kg. The student decides to climb the stairs to their apartment to burn off the calories. Each flight of stairs raises the students by 3.00m of altitude. Assuming the student burns as much nutritional energy as the student converts into potential energy climbing the stairs, how many flight of stairs must the student climb to burn off the calories consumed?

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