The intensity of radiation reaching the earth from the sun is 1 350 W/m2.The earth's radius is 6.4 * 106 m.How big a force does this radiation exert on the earth? (Assume it is all absorbed. )
A) 5.8 * 108 N
B) 1.2 * 109 N
C) 2.3 * 109 N
D) 4.6 *109 N
E) 1.7 *1017 N
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