You take out a bagel and place it in the toaster for 5 minutes. The toaster uses

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You take out a bagel and place it in the toaster for 5 minutes. The toaster uses 1050 watts/hour. Electricity costs vary by region, let's use the prices shown in this sample electric bili from Southern California Edison. Visit us at: Southern Calilornia Edison Company www.sce.com PO. Box 600, Rosemead, CA 91771-0001 Billing Period 07/02/03 to 08/01103 (30 days) Summer Season 0.99 30 Days x $0.03300 asic Charge 60.10 Charge: 462 kWh x $0.13009 Baseline-Summer The baseline-summer line shows a cost of about 13 cents, or so13 per kWh (kilowatt-hour). You can figure out the cost of a device by multiplying its electricity consumption in kWh by this cost. Electricity Consumption (kWh) x Price (S -Total Cost Use these formulas to determine the cost of each of these appliances of devices over a given period of time. uuall rocket. A cell nhone, while charging, us

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Toaster uses = 1050 watts/hour

KWh = 1050*(5/60) = 0.0875 KWh

Electricity cost = $ 0.13 per KWh

So, total elctricty cost = 0.0875*$ 0.13

= $ 0.011375

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