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. If a 100-W lightbulb emits 3.0% of the input energy as
visible light (average wavelength 550 nm) uniformly in all
directions, estimate how many photons per second of
visible light will strike the pupil (4.0 mm diameter) of the
eye of an observer, (a) 1.0 m away, (b) 1.0 km away
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