Assume your utility charges 5.5 cents per kWh, remember there are 100 cents in 1 dollar and 365 days in 1 year. With this info and the "how many lumens" chart, together with the data given in the tables on the next page you now have all the information to calculate your answers. Location  Lumens per bulb Watts per bulb

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Assume your utility charges 5.5 cents per kWh, remember there are 100 cents in 1 dollar and 365 days in 1 year. With this info and the "how many lumens" chart, together with the data given in the tables on the next page you now have all the information to calculate your answers.

Location 

Lumens

per bulb

Watts

per bulb 

Total

# of bulbs 

Total

Watts

Use:

hours

per day

kWh

per day

Total

kWh

for 1 year 

Cost

per 1 year 

Cost

per 10 years 

 
Kitchen overhead  800 60 6 360 3 (360(3))/1000=1.08 394.2 $21.69 $216.90  
Living room 1,600 100 3 300 4 (300(4))/1000=1.2 438      
Dining Room  800   5   2          
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