Storing the Sun

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Storing the Sun

Problem: Your team is helping to plan the use of solar power to provide electricity to a 1600 square-foot home being built in a remote area.

Age: High School students

Math Content: rational number operations, equations and formulas, area and measurement

Science & Engineering Content: electricity and power

COMAP Lesson Module: Storing the Sun Module

Source: 2021 HiMCM Problem A from MathModels.org

Problem is similar to Electricity from the Sun