A 300-megawatt solar power plant requires approximately 950, 000m2 of land area in order to collect the required amount of energy from sunlight. a. If this land area is circular, what is its radius? b. If this land area is a 42◦ sector of a circle, what is its radius?

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A 300-megawatt solar power plant requires approximately 950, 000m2 of land area in order to collect the required amount of energy from sunlight.
a. If this land area is circular, what is its radius?
b. If this land area is a 42◦ sector of a circle, what is its radius?

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