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A 79.9 Watt light bulb uses 69.9 Joules of electrical energy every second. However, only 4.5 Joules of electrical energy is converted into light energy each second.

(a) What is the efficiency of the light bulb? Give your answer as a percentage to at least 3 decimal places.

 Apr 24, 2014

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Efficiency = (useful output/total input) multiplied by 100 to turn it into a percentage. 

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Efficiency = (useful output/total input) multiplied by 100 to turn it into a percentage. 

Alan Apr 24, 2014

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