How many joules of solar energy fall on your back as you work on your tan for 0.70h?

The intensity of electromagnetic waves from the sun is 1.4 kW/m^2 just above the earth’s atmosphere. Eighty percent of this reaches the surface at noon on a clear summer day.
Suppose you model your back as a 27cm & 51cm rectangle.
How many joules of solar energy fall on your back as you work on your tan for 0.70h?

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