Discover the intensity of the starlight at the earth

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Consider a bright star in our night sky. Suppose that its power output is 6.00 X10²⁸ W, about 150 times that of the Sun, and that its distance is 24.0 ly.

a) Discover the intensity of the starlight at the Earth.

b) Discover the power of the starlight that the Earth intercepts.

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