Answer:
It costs Laura $ 5,184.86 to heat her house one day.
A 75 watt lightbulb should be around 222 hours to consume a dollar in electricity.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that a kilowatt hour means 1 kilowatt of electricity used continuously for 1 hr, and the electric utility company in Laura's town charges $ 0.06001 for each kilowatt hour used, and Laura heats her house with three electric heaters that each use 1200 watts, to determine how much does it cost to heat a house in one day and how many hours would a 75 watt lightbulb have to stay on to result in one dollar for electricity charges the following calculations must be performed:
(3 x 1200 x 24) x 0.06001 = X
(3600 x 24) x 0.06001 = X
86400 x 0.06001 = X
5,184.86 = X
Therefore, it costs Laura $ 5,184.86 to heat her house one day.
1 watt = 0.001 kilowatt
75 watt = 0.075 kilowatt
1 / 0.075 = 13.333
1 / 0.06001 = 16,663
13,333 x 16,663 = 222.18
Therefore, a 75 watt lightbulb should be around 222 hours to consume a dollar in electricity.
