Find the force exerted by reflecting sunlight off a reflecting aluminum sheet in space if the area normal to the sunlight is 10,000 m2 and the solar intensity is 1350 W/m2.

A. 0.72 N
B. 0.09 N
C. 9 N
D. 45 N
E. 0.18 N


Answer: B

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