Suppose you left five 100-W light bulbs burning in the basement for two weeks. If electricity costs 10.0¢/kW?h,
(a) how much did the electricity cost (to the nearest dollar) to leave those bulbs on, and (b) how many joules of electrical energy did they consume?
(a) $17 (b) 6.05 × 108 J
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