Consider a refrigerator that consumes 400 W of electric power when it is running. If the refrigerator runs only one-quarter of the time and the unit cost of electricity is $0.13/kWh, what is the electricity cost of this refrigerator per month (30 days)

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Seamus Camacho

Engineering

23 February, 20:43

Consider a refrigerator that consumes 400 W of electric power when it is running. If the refrigerator runs only one-quarter of the time and the unit cost of electricity is $0.13/kWh, what is the electricity cost of this refrigerator per month (30 days)

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Shepherd · Answer 1

Electricity cost = $9.36

Explanation:

Given:

Electric power = 400 W = 0.4 KW

Unit cost of electricity = $0.13/kWh

Overall time = 1/4 (30 days) (24 hours) = 180 hours

Find:

Electricity cost

Computation:

Electricity cost = Electric power x Unit cost of electricity x Overall time

Electricity cost = 0.4 x $0.13 x 180

Electricity cost = $9.36

Given:

Electric power = 400 W = 0.4 KW

Over all Time = 30 (1/4) = 7.5 days

Unit cost of electricity = $0.13/kWh

Find:

Electricity cost.

Computation:

Electricity cost = Electric power x Unit cost of electricity x Over all Time

Electricity cost = 0.4 x 0.13 x 7.5

Electricity cost = $