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Good, I thought I was going crazy haha In that case, what about the second part of my question: why does this discrepancy happen? Is there any way to know that an answer is extraneous or should one always check solutions to absolute value equations to make sure they are indeed solutions...

I'm a little confused about solving absolute value equations and why sometimes solutions don't seem to make sense. Take a look at case (ii) on this website: http://www.algebralab.org/lessons/lesson.aspx?file=Algebra_AbsoluteValueEquations.xml I understand the process of solving the...

From a quick search I found that most solar panels absorb light in the visible spectrum, and are not very good at absorbing wavelengths outside of that range. So I guess, with what you said, that would mean that the atmosphere should have little bearing on how much energy a solar panel can...

First of all, if this should have went in the Engineering section, I'm sorry... I wasn't sure where to write this post. If a solar panel on Earth's surface can gather say 100W/m^2 in full sunlight, how much would the same solar panel be able to gather in space, outside of Earth's atmosphere...