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Question #18982

One pound of coal, burned in a power plant, can produce 3,600,000 J of energy. How long could you power a 60 W light bulb on one pound of coal?

Expert's answer

Watts times seconds equals Joules.

60*s=3600000

s=60,000 seconds or 16.67 hours

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