What is the average power consumption in watts of an appliance that uses 5.00 kWh of energy per day? How many joules of energy does this appliance consume in a year?

(A) power = 0.208 kW = 208 watts

(B) energy = 6.6 x 10^{9} joules

Explanation:

energy consumed per day = 5 kWh

(a) find the power consumed in a day

1 day = 24 hours

power = / frac{energy}{time}

power = / frac{5}{24}

power = 0.208 kW = 208 watts

(b) find the energy consumed in a year

assuming it is not a leap year and number of days = 365 days

1 year = 365 x 24 x 60 x 60 = 31,536,000 seconds

energy = power x time

energy = 208 x 31,536,000

energy = 6.6 x 10^{9} joules