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A heating pad takes 5,657 Watts during each time it is turned on. If you only use it for 28 minutes, how much CO2 was created? Round to 1 de
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A heating pad takes 5,657 Watts during each time it is turned on. If you only use it for 28 minutes, how much CO2 was created? Round to 1 decimal.
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2021-08-25T04:44:39+00:00
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Answer: 2.6 pounds of CO₂
Step-by-step explanation:
1 kilowatt per hour produces 0.99 pounds of C02.
The watts used was;
= (5,657 * 28/60 hours) / 1,000
= 2,639.93333333
In kilowatts;
= 2,639.93333333/1,000
= 2.6399333 kilowatts
CO2 produced;
= 2.6399333 * 0.99
= 2.613533967
= 2.6 pounds of CO2