The intensity of radiation reaching the Earth from the Sun is 1350 W/m2 . The Earth's radius is 6.4 × 10^6 m. How big a force does this radiation exert on the Earth? (Assume it is all absorbed.)
a. 5.8 × 10^8 N
b. 1.2 × 10^9 N
c. 2.3 × 10^9 N
d. 4.6 × 10^9 N
e. 1.7 × 10^17 N
a
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