I left five 100. watt bulbs burning in my basement for two weeks. If electricity costs me 10.¢/kw-h, how much did the electricity cost (to the nearest dollar) to leave these bulbs on and how many Joules of electrical energy did they consume?

What will be an ideal response?


$17. and 6.05 × 108 Joules

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