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Sunlight of intensity 50 Wm-2 is normally incident on the surface of a solar panel. Some part of incident energy (25%) is reflected from the surface and the rest is absorbed. The force exerted on 1 m2 surface area will be close to c=3×108 ms-1

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a

10×10-8N

b

15×10-8N

c

35×10-8N

d

21×10-8N

answer is A.

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SInce 25% energy is getting reflected, 25% extra momentum will be delivered to the panel

 Fn=IAc(1+0.25)=(1.25)×1×(50)3×10821×10-8N

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Sunlight of intensity 50 Wm-2 is normally incident on the surface of a solar panel. Some part of incident energy (25%) is reflected from the surface and the rest is absorbed. The force exerted on 1 m2 surface area will be close to c=3×108 ms-1