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 905: 97

Answer

$6.6$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required ratio as $\frac{I_M}{I_E}=\frac{P_{Sun}/4\pi r^2_M}{P_{Sun}/4\pi r_E^2}$ This simplifies to: $\frac{I_M}{I_E}=(\frac{r_E}{r_M})^2$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{I_M}{I_E}=(\frac{1}{0.39})^2=6.6$
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