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 1 350 W/m². 0.72 N 0.09 N 9 N 45 N 0.18 N

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 1 350 W/m². 0.72 N 0.09 N 9 N 45 N 0.18 N

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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 1 350 W/m².
0.72 N
0.09 N
9 N
45 N
0.18 N

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