Radiation Energy The total radiation energy E emittedby a heated surface per unit area varies as the fourthpower of its absolute temperature T. The temperature is6000 K at the surface of the sun and 300 K at the surfaceof the earth.(a) How many times more radiation energy per unit area isproduced by the sun than by the earth?(b) The radius of the earth is 3960 mi, and the radius of thesun is 435,000 mi. How many times more total radiationdoes the sun emit than the earth?
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by a heated surface per unit area varies as the fourth
power of its absolute temperature T. The temperature is
6000 K at the surface of the sun and 300 K at the surface
of the earth.
(a) How many times more radiation energy per unit area is
produced by the sun than by the earth?
(b) The radius of the earth is 3960 mi, and the radius of the
sun is 435,000 mi. How many times more total radiation
does the sun emit than the earth?
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