Question

A homeowner uses GGG hours of natural gas heat and PPP hours of heat from a pellet stove to heat her house one month, with a total of 575757 therms of output. How many therms per hour does the pellet stove output

Answer 1

Answer:

0.0792therms/hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Total output per month = 57 therm of output

Required

Total output of the pellet stove in one hour

Since 1month = 24×30 = 720hours

Hence:

57therms = 720hours

x therm = 1hour

Cross multiply

720×x = 57

x = 57/720

x = 0.0792 therms/hr

Hence the pellet stove use 0.0792therms/hour