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A certain household has consumed 250 units of energy during a month. How much energy is this in joules?

Given,

Energy consumed = 250 units


= 250 kWh


We know that,


1 kilowatt-hour = 3.6 × 106 J


250 kilowatt-hours = 3.6 × 106 × 250


= 9 × 108 J


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