Answer to Question #177368 in Physics for narruto

Question

A student is not sure why he feels hotter when he reads sitting under his desk light than when he reads his textbook in his school classroom. He thinks it might have something to do with the lighting fixtures. You suggest that the excess heat he feels may be due in part to a(n)

Answer 1

He feels hotter when he reads sitting under his desk light than when he reads his textbook in his school classroom because the distance to the source of light is shorter, and the transmitted thermal power is greater.