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Your Lecturer in class made the following statement: "We do not buy electrons from Eskom but we buy electrical energy!". Electrical Poerr can be described as electrical energy unit time. Electrical Energy can be brought from ESKOM in units of R2,50 for 1 KiloWatt- hour. How much will it cost to operate a 1200 W hairdryer continuously for 30 minutes?
A. R3,00
B. R1,50
C. 60c
D. R6,00
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