A laser beam with an electric field amplitude of 500.0 V/m and a beam radius of 1.00 mm is incidently on a perfectly absorbing surface. How much energy in (mJ) is completely absorbed in 60.0 s?  (answer is in 3 significant figures) 1 mJ= 1x10^-3 J

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A laser beam with an electric field amplitude of 500.0 V/m and a beam radius of 1.00 mm is incidently on a perfectly absorbing surface. How much energy in (mJ) is completely absorbed in 60.0 s? 

(answer is in 3 significant figures)

1 mJ= 1x10^-3 J

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