1. (a) What is the rate at which the Sun delivers energy to the entire Earth...

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1. (a) What is the rate at which the Sun delivers energy to theentire Earth ? Assume that all of the incident energy is absorbed.(b) From the internet (or whatever information source handy), findout the total rate at which energy is used by humans per second,and compare with your estimate in Part (a). What area of solarpanels would be required to provide all the power required by theEarth’s population ? (Assume the panels have an effeciency of 100%).

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a The energy radiated by the sun is given by the StephanBoltzmann equationRs Radius of Sun 696 108 m StephanBoltzmanns constant 567108 Wm2K4T    See Answer
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