Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 902: 57

Answer

$2.3mN$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required average force as follows: $F_{avg}=P_{avg}A$ $\implies F_{avg}=\frac{I_{avg}A}{c}$ because $P_{avg}=\frac{I_{avg}}{c}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $F_{avg}=\frac{675\times 10^3}{3\times 10^8}$ $F_{avg}=2.3mN$
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