Question

The rate of collection by a solar panel decreased steadily throughout the day due to increasing cloud cover until it reached a constant amount. Later in the day, there were two short periods where the Sun appeared, only for the cloud cover to return.

Which graph models the amount of energy collected depending on the time since the cloud cover began?

ANSWER: B

Answer 1

Second graph

Explanation:

In the second graph we can see how the rate of collection decreases steadily at 0 < x < 7.5; at x = 7.5 it becomes constant; and later in the day, there were two short periods (about x = 12.5 and x = 22.5) where the rate of collection has two peaks.