The sun is 150,000,000 km from earth; its diameter is 1,400,000km.For a science project on solar power, a student uses a24-cm-diameter converging mirror with a focal length of 47 cm tofocus sunlight onto an object. This casts an image of the sun onthe object. For the most intense heat, the image of the sun shouldbe in focus.
a. Where should the object be placed?
b. What is the diameter of the image?
c. The intensity of the incoming sunlight is 1050 W/m2. What isthe total power of the light captured by the mirror?
d. What is the intensity of sunlight in the projected image?Assume that all of the light captured by the mirror is focused intothe image.
Please explain every part neatly and clearly, I am having a verydifficult time finding a clear answer and process for this onchegg(or on my own). Thank you!
