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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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What force on the average will be exerted on the (50 m * 50 m) flat, highly reflecting side of a space station wall if it's facing the Sun while orbiting Earth?

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The area of flat reflective is .
A= 50m × 50 m = 2500 m²
The intensity of light from the sun reaches the earth is $I equals 1400 space straight W divided by straight m squared$ .

The average force can be calculated as,

$F equals P cross times A...... left parenthesis i right parenthesis$

Here, P is the radiation pressure.

The radiation pressure is calculated as,

$P equals I over c$

Here, c is the speed of light whose value is $3 cross times 10 to the power of 8 space straight m divided by straight s squared$ .

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