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16.11 Exercise 9

Avg difficulty 2.5

Suppose you have a device that extracts energy from ocean breakers in direct proportion to their intensity. If the device produces 10.0 kW of power on a day when the breakers are 1.20 m high, how much will it produce when they are 0.600 m high?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 16.11 Energy in Waves: Intensity, exercise 9

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