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Radiation: The rate of energy radiated.

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A certain star is 15.5 million light-years away from Earth. The intensity of the light that reaches Earth from that star is 6.4e-21 W/m2. At what rate does this distant star radiate electromagnetic energy?

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The intensity of a radiation of a star is given, the power radiated by the star is calculated.

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