Question

Marco leaves the bathroom faucet running for 22 minutes while he gets ready in the morning. running the faucet for 5 minutes wastes the same amount of energy as leaving a 60-watt light bulb on for 14 hours. how much energy did marco waste, in terms of hours which a 60-watt light bulb would remain on? a. 7.9 hours b. 61.6 hours c. 56.0 hours d. 264.0 hours

Answer 1

The amount of energy waste, in terms of hours which a 60-watt light bulb would remain on, is 61.6 hours then the correct option is B.

What are ratio and proportion?

A ratio is an ordered couple of numbers a and b, written as a/b where b can not equal 0. A proportion is an equation in which two ratios are set equal to each other.

Marco leaves the bathroom faucet running for 22 minutes while he gets ready in the morning.

Running the faucet for 5 minutes wastes the same amount of energy as leaving a 60-watt light bulb on for 14 hours.

Then we have

$\begin{aligned} \dfrac{5\ minutes}{14 \ hours } &=\dfrac{1\ minute }{x \ hours}\\\\x &= 2.8 \ hours \end{aligned}$

So, the rate is 2.8 hours per minute.

Since macro leaves the bathroom faucet running for 22 minutes. Then the waste of energy is leaving a 60-watt light bulb will be

→22 minutes × 2.8 hours/minute = 61.6 hours.

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