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).