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In an electrical storm, an electric field builds up in the space between a cloud and the ground. Lightning occurs when the magnitude of the electric field reaches a critical value EC, at which air is ionized.

Required:
a. Treat the cloud as a flat square with sides of length L. If it is at a height h above the ground, find the amount of energy released in the lightning strike.
b. Based on your answer from part a, which is more dangerous, a lightning strike from a high-altitude cloud or a low-altitude one

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