At high noon, the Sun delivers 990 W to each square meter of a blacktop road. What is the equilibrium temperature of the hot asphalt, assuming its emissivity e = 1? (? = 5.67 × 10^?8 W/m2/K4)
a. 364°C
b. 637°C
c. 90.5°C
d. 181°C
e. 136°C
c
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