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 your total bill, you can follow these steps:

1. Calculate the cost for the electricity used:
\[
\text{Cost of electricity} = \text{Kilowatt hours used} \times \text{Cost per kilowatt hour}
\]
\[
\text{Cost of electricity} = 805 \, \text{KWH} \times 0.04567 \, \text{dollars/KWH} = 36.75435 \, \text{dollars}
\]

2. Add the customer charge:
\[
\text{Total bill} = \text{Cost of electricity} + \text{Customer charge}
\]
\[
\text{Total bill} = 36.75435 + 3.50 = 40.25435 \, \text{dollars}
\]

Therefore, your total bill would be approximately **$40.25** (rounding to two decimal places).