Question

The electric company charges by the kilowatt hour, you used 805 kilowatt hours and the power company charges0.04567 / kilowatt hour (KWH) with a customer charge of $3.50. How much do you pay?(

Answer 1

To calculate the total amount you have to pay to the electric company, you can follow these steps:

1. **Calculate the cost of the kilowatt hours used**:
\[
\text{Cost of electricity} = \text{Kilowatt hours used} \times \text{Rate per kilowatt hour}
\]
\[
\text{Cost of electricity} = 805 \, \text{kWh} \times 0.04567 \, \text{dollars/kWh} = 36.70735 \, \text{dollars}
\]

2. **Add the customer charge**:
\[
\text{Total bill} = \text{Cost of electricity} + \text{Customer charge}
\]
\[
\text{Total bill} = 36.70735 + 3.50 = 40.20735 \, \text{dollars}
\]

3. **Round to two decimal places** for your final bill:
\[
\text{Total bill} = 40.21 \, \text{dollars}
\]

So, you would pay **$40.21**.