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During a washing cycle, a washing machine uses 713W usefully. The machine also radiates 133W of sound, and 548W more is wasted as heat. Calculate the efficiency of the washing machine. Give your answer as a percentage and round it to 2 decimal places.

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Step-by-step explanation:

eff = watts usefully / ( total watts used )

= 713 / (713+133+548) = .5115 51.15 % EFFICIENCY

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