I Left Five 100

question 18

Short Answer

I left five 100. watt bulbs burning in my basement for two weeks. If electricity costs me 10.¢/kw-h, how much did the electricity cost (to the nearest dollar) to leave these bulbs on and how many Joules of electrical energy did they consume?

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