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Chapter 21 Problem 58

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Consider a bright star in our night sky. Assume its distance from the Earth is 20.0 light-years (ly) and its power output is 4.00 3 1028 W, about 100 times that of the Sun. (a) Find the intensity of the starlight at the Earth. (b) Find the power of the starlight the Earth intercepts. One light-year is the distance traveled by light through a vacuum in one year.

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Title College Physics 9 
Author Serway Vuille
ISBN 9780840062062

Consider a bright star in our night sky. Assume its

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