What is the ratio of the energy emitted per unit area by the sun to the energy emitted per unit area by the Earth? Assume that the average surface temperature of the Earth is about 59 F and the average surface temperature of the Sun is about 10000 F. Remember, temperature must be in Kelvins in the Stefan-Boltzmann Law.

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