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Nicholas sends 20.0 minutes ironing shirts with his 1800-watt irn . How many joules of energy were usedby the iron
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Nicholas sends 20.0 minutes ironing shirts with his 1800-watt irn . How many joules of energy were usedby the iron

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1 watt = 1 joule/sec
1800 watts = 1800 joules/sec

(1800 J/sec) x (20 min) x (60 sec/min)

= (1800 x 20 x 60) joules = 2,160,000 joules .

( 2.16 megajoules )
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