Victoria amazonica is a giant water lily that grows some of the largest leaf pads in the world (see the photo). Some of the pads can be over 3 m in diameter and can support a weight of 100 lb. Consider the energy in the sunlight that strikes the pad. A typical hair dryer uses an average power of 1250 W. How many hair dryers could be powered by the sunlight striking the lily pad? The rms value of the electric field in sunlight at the surface of the earth is 720.0 N/C. Treat the lily pad as a circle with a diameter of 3.20 m. Stevebidmead/Pixabay

Victoria amazonica is a giant water lily that grows some of the largest leaf pads in the world (see the photo). Some of the pads can be over 3 m in diameter and can support a weight of 100 lb. Consider the energy in the sunlight that strikes the pad. A typical hair dryer uses an average power of 1250 W. How many hair dryers could be powered by the sunlight striking the lily pad? The rms value of the electric field in sunlight at the surface of the earth is 720.0 N/C. Treat the lily pad as a circle with a diameter of 3.20 m. Stevebidmead/Pixabay