Problem 8.3 You are installing solar-electric panels on your roof, which on a su

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Problem 8.3 You are installing solar-electric panels on your roof, which on a sunny day nicely but and constantly run a grill, which doubles the power consumption of your home 1 pt. How much more sunshine (intensity) is needed to complete your cookbook Il your appliances. But then using renewable energy 1 pt. Deciding that the Sun will probably not shine much more than it does, how much would you need to increase your solar panel area? 3 pts. You realize that the angle between the sunshine and the panels makes a difference: basically only the area of the shadow of the panel matters, since that is the only sunshine that the panel absorbs. Construct a law for the angle between the incoming radiation and the normal on the panel surface, which might help you to align your panels better and melt the cheese.

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The power is directly proportional to the intensity, when the area is kept constant.

Hence double the intensity ( sunshine ) is required to complete cookbook.

When the Sun not shine more, intensity remains constant.

Then to increase the Power, the solar panel area should be doubles

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