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Environmental science: Wind Power Electrical generation from wind turbines (large “windm...

Environmental science: Wind Power Electrical generation from wind turbines (large “windmills”) is increasingly popular in Europe and the United States. The fraction of the wind’s energy that can be extracted by a turbine is , where x is the fraction by which the wind is slowed in passing through the turbine. Find the fraction x that maximizes the energy extracted.

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