Consider a cloudless day on which the sun shines down across the United States. If 2529 kJ of energy reaches a square meter (m) of the United States in one hour, how much total solar energy reaches the entire United States per hour? The entire area of the United States is 9,158,960 km². kJ/h

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Consider a cloudless day on which the sun shines down across the United States. If 2529 kJ of energy reaches a square
meter (m) of the United States in one hour, how much total solar energy reaches the entire United States per hour? The
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Given : Total energy reaching per square meter per hour = 2529 KJ/m2.h

And area of US = 9,158,960 Km2 

 

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