At noon on a clear day, sunlight reaches the earth's surface at Madison, Wisconsin, with an average intensity of approximately 2.00 kJ·s−1·m^−2. If the sunlight consists of photons with an average wavelength of 510.0 nm, how many photons strike a 5.20 cm^2 area per second?

The number of photons per second that strike the given area is 2.668 x 10⁸ photons/second

Explanation:

Given;

intensity of the sunlight, I = 2.00 kJ·s−1·m^−2

area of incident, A = 5.2 cm² = 5.2 x 10⁻⁴ m²

Energy of incident photons per second on the given area;

E = IA

E = (2000)( 5.2 x 10⁻⁴)

E = 1.04 J/s

Energy of a photon is given is by;

The number of photons per second that strike the given area is;

Therefore, the number of photons per second that strike the given area is 2.668 x 10⁸ photons/second

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