Calculate the ratio of the energy generation rate for the pp chain to the energy generation rate for the CNO cycle given the present conditions of the Sun: T=1.5696 x 107 K, p=1.527 x 105 Kg/m3, X=0.3397 and Xcno=0.0141.

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