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The energy flux of sunlight reaching the surface of Earth is `1.388 xx10^(3)Wm^(-2)` . How many photons per square meter are incident on Earth per second? Assume the wavelength of photon at an average of 550 nm.

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`4xx10^(21)" photons/m"^(2)s`
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