An air conditioner, 6400 watts, is used only 4 months out of a year. On a typical day it is used only 5.0 hours. If the cost of electricity is 12 cents per kwh. How much does it cost to run this air conditioner for the 4 months (assume 30 days per month).

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An air conditioner, 6400 watts, is used only 4 months out of a year. On a typical day it is used only 5.0 hours.
If the cost of electricity is 12 cents per kwh. How much does it cost to run this air conditioner for the 4 months
(assume 30 days per month).
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We first convert the wattage to kilowatts and then use hours operated everyday to find the number of kWh needed to operate.

Then we use the data for cost per kWh and find the total cost for the total time period asked.

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