Calculating Time to Consume Energy from Running Up Stairs

In summary, a 200 g bag of potato chips contains 4.8 MJ of energy. To consume this energy, a person working at their maximum power would need to exert 4.8 MJ of work. This can be calculated by dividing the energy by the average time taken to run the stairs, which can be found using the distance and height of the stairs. The answer should be given in an appropriate unit of time, such as seconds or minutes.
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A 200 g bag of potato chips contains 4.8 MJ of energy. A person was running up a flight of stairs. How long would it take for the person working at their maximum power to consume this energy? Give your answer in an appropriate unit and be sure to show your work.

I've found Ek, Eg, P, v, average time taken to run flight of stairs and W from answering previous questions for. The distance and the height of the stairs was already given. I'm confused about which given I'm suppose to use. So, I want to know which of the information I found should be used to solving this question (the simplest way possible).
 
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The energy you need to burn off is 4.8MJ. If you know the work (J/s) exerted from a person running up stairs then how long would it take to exert 4.8MJ of energy.
 

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