The Pickering nuclear power plant has a power rating of 3100 MW.


How much output energy can the generating station produce in one day. Express your answer in Mj

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]2.68\cdot 10^8 MJ[/tex]

Explanation:

The power is related to the energy by

[tex]P=\frac{E}{t}[/tex]

where

P is the power

E is the energy

t is the time elapsed

The power of this nuclear power planet is

[tex]P=3100 MW = 3.1\cdot 10^9 W[/tex]

The time we are considering is 1 day, which is

[tex]t = 1 d = 86400 s[/tex]

So we can re-arrange the previous equation to find the energy produced by the power plant in one day:

[tex]E=Pt =(3.1\cdot 10^9 W)(86400 s)=2.68\cdot 10^{14} J=2.68\cdot 10^8 MJ[/tex]