Sunlight falls normally on a surface of area $36 \, cm^{2}$ and exerts an average force of $7.2 \times 10^{-9} \, N$ within a time period of $20 \, minutes$. Considering a case of complete absorption,the energy flux of incident light is:

  • A
    $25.92 \times 10^{2} \, W/cm^{2}$
  • B
    $8.64 \times 10^{-6} \, W/cm^{2}$
  • C
    $6.0 \, W/cm^{2}$
  • D
    $0.06 \, W/cm^{2}$

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