An evening meal is being prepared in a home kitchen containing an electric oven and a microwave oven. The cost for electricity in the home's neighborhood is $0.15 per kilowatt hour. The microwave oven is specified as a 1000 watt unit, while the oven requires 240 volts and uses a current of 30 amperes to cook at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. A frozen meal can be cooked in the microwave oven set on full power in 10 minutes. The same frozen meal cooked in the electric oven set for 350 degrees F takes 40 minutes. (a) How much energy does it take to cook the frozen meal in the microwave at full power and how much does it cost? (b) How much energy does it take to cook the frozen meal in the electric oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and how much does it cost?
An evening meal is being prepared in a home kitchen containing an electric oven and a microwave oven. The cost for electricity in the home's neighborhood is $0.15 per kilowatt hour. The microwave oven is specified as a 1000 watt unit, while the oven requires 240 volts and uses a current of 30 amperes to cook at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. A frozen meal can be cooked in the microwave oven set on full power in 10 minutes. The same frozen meal cooked in the electric oven set for 350 degrees F takes 40 minutes.
(a) How much energy does it take to cook the frozen meal in the microwave at full power and how much does it cost?
(b) How much energy does it take to cook the frozen meal in the electric oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and how much does it cost?
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