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A typical American household uses 26.5 kW-hour of electricityper day, and that electricity is mostly supplied by fossil fuels.If we wanted to instead power a house by solar panels, whichreceive on average 370 W/m2 from the Sun each day and are 15.7%efficient (fraction of solar energy converted into useableelectrical energy), what area of solar panels is needed to power anaverage American home?

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Total energy requirement for a typical American household is 265 kWhour    See Answer
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