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Coya19@aol.com

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on: Jul 26, 2018

Assume a flat panel is tilted 10_ from the optimum. What fraction of the available energy is lost due to the tilt?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

If sunlight strikes a mirror so that the angle of incidence is 40o, what is the angle of reflection?

What will be an ideal response?

deja

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Reply #1 on: Jul 26, 2018

Answer to Question 1

cos 20o = 0.985; therefore less than 2 loss due to non-optimum tilt.

Answer to Question 2

40o

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