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12.(a) About 5% of the power of a 100 W light bulb is converted to visible radiation. What is the average intensity of visible radiation at a distance of 1m from the bulb?

Assume that the radiation is emitted isotropically and neglect reflection.

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Total power which is converted into visible radiation = 5% of 100W = 5W

The above means 5J of energy is passing through the surface of a concentric sphere(with the bulb at its centre) per second.

Intensity for a sphere of radius 1m

 =\frac{5}{4\pi (1)^{2}}

=0.398 Wm-2

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