Asked by Damon

Marco leaves the bathroom faucet running for 22 minutes while he gets ready in the morning. Running the faucet for 5 minutes wastes the same amount of energy as leaving a 60-watt light bulb on for 14 hours. How much energy did Marco waste, in terms of hours which a 60-watt light bulb would remain on?
a.
7.9 hours
b.
61.6 hours
c.
56.0 hours
d.
264.0 hours

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
5 minutes of faucet = 14 hours of a 60 W bulb. So 22 minutes corresponds to (22/5)*14 = 308/5 = 61.6 hours.

Answer: b. 61.6 hours.