Question: You recently purchased a large plot of land in the Amazon jungle at an extremely low cost. You are quite pleased with yourself until you

You recently purchased a large plot of land in the Amazon jungle at an extremely low cost. You are quite pleased with yourself until you arrive there and find that the nearest source of electricity is 1500 miles away. a fact that your brother-in-law, the real estate agent, somehow forgot to mention. Since the local hardware store does not carry 1500-mile-long extension cords, you decide to build a small hydroelectric generator under a 75-m high waterfall located nearby. The flow rate of the waterfall is 10m3/h and you anticipate needing 750 kW ∙ h/wk to run your lights, air conditioner and television Calculate the maximum power theoretically available from the waterfall and see if it is sufficient to meet your needs?

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