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An athlete doing push-ups performs 650 kJ of work and loses 425 kJ of heat. What...

An athlete doing push-ups performs 650 kJ of work and loses 425 kJ of heat. What is the change of his internal energy? Why is the answer -1075? Isnt work being done by the system which would mean W is positive and not negative? Because in my book, it says whenever work is done by the system, the sign will be positive and if work is done on the system then it is negative. However, in this problem isn't work being done by the system?

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