If the temperature of the sun is doubled. The rate of energy received on the earth will be increased by a factor of
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 16
sumit kumar , 11 Years ago
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Saurabh Koranglekar
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
Dear student
The answer is option d …..........P directly proportional to Temp^4;
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Vikas TU
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
This is called Stefan-Boltzmann Law. Hence P∝T4. This means that the rate of energy received on Earth becomes 24=16 times when the temperature of Sun gets doubled.
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