Suppose you have a clothes dryer that uses 4000 watts of power and you run it for an average of 1 hour each day. If you pay the utility company 14¢ per kilowatt-hour of electricity, what is the average daily cost to run your dryer? How much would you save in a year if you replaced it with a more efficient model that uses only 2000 watts?

Suppose you have a clothes dryer that uses 4000 watts of power and you run it for an average of 1 hour each day. If you pay the utility company 14¢ per kilowatt-hour of electricity, what is the average daily cost to run your dryer? How much would you save in a year if you replaced it with a more efficient model that uses only 2000 watts?

College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter7: Work, Energy, And Energy Resources

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 35PE: (a) What is the average power consumption in watts of an appliance that uses 5.00 kW h of energy...

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