Blowin' in the wind: solution
March 2008
Blowin' in the wind: solution
In last issue's Outer space we developed a formula for the power output per unit time of a windmill:The answer lies in understanding that the average speed is not a good guide. If, for example, the wind speed was for half of the time unit and 0 for the other half, then we would get an output approximately equal to
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