Suppose gasoline sells for 252 per gallon What is the cost o

Suppose gasoline sells for $2.52 per gallon. What is the cost of gasoline in terms of cents per kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh)? For comparison the cost of electricity in New York averages 19 ¢/kWh

Solution

1 gallon = 36.6 KWh

Hence the cost will be equal to $2.52/36.6 KWh = 0.0688 $/KWh = 6.88 cents per KWh

The average cost of new york electricity is 19 cents per KWh, which is approximately 3 times the cost of this city