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Physics

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Two identical plates P and Q, radiating as perfect black bodies, are kept in vacuum at constant absolute temperatures TPT_P and TQT_Q, respectively, with TQ<TPT_Q < T_P, as shown in Fig. 1. The radiated power transferred per unit area from P to Q is W0W_0. Subsequently, two more plates, identical to P and Q, are introduced between P and Q, as shown in Fig. 2. Assume that heat transfer takes place only between adjacent plates. If the power transferred per unit area in the direction from P to Q (Fig. 2) in the steady state is WSW_S, then the ratio W0WS\frac{W_0}{W_S} is ____ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/diraq-contents/PROD/homework-question-parsing/marker/2db2e955efef41f6bae464490c79b6c5/6cc4a2d5ea0462e4825d57bd689bd2b3_img.jpg)

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