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Suppose the average mass of raindrops is 3.0 \times 10^{-5}kg and their average terminal velocity 9 m/s. Calculate the energy transferred by rain to each square meter of the surface at a place which receives 100 cm of rain in a year.

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Rain transfers its kinetic energy to the earth equal to \frac{1}{2}mv^{2}

Velocity of rain= 9m/s

Mass = volume/density

= 1\times 1\times 1000 = 1000kg

So, total energy transferred by rain fall = \frac{1}{2} \times 1000 \times 9 \times 9

= 40500 J

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