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Chapter 6 Problem 96

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The sun supplies energy at a rate of about 1.0 kilowatt per squaremeter of surface area (1 watt _ 1 J/s). The plants in an agriculturalfield produce the equivalent of 20. kg of sucrose (C12H22O11)per hour per hectare (1 ha _ 10,000 m2). Assuming that sucroseis produced by the reactioncalculate the percentage of sunlight used to produce the sucrosethat is, determine the efficiency of photosynthesis.

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Title Chemistry 7 
Author Steven S. Zumdahl
ISBN 9780618528448

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