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CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 1999 · Paper 2 · Question 8(c)

Table 2 shows the radiation per unit area (P) from a metal surface at various temperatures (T). Assume P = ATⁿ where A and n are constants.

Plot a graph to determine A and n.

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