Bryce has heard that gas appliances are cheaper to use and can lower utility costs. he is interested in purchasing a new gas stove for his kitchen to replace his electric stove. assuming that the stove gets used one hour per day, use the following chart to determine how much bryce will save each year in utility costs by purchasing the gas appliance. electric stove - 13 cents per hour
gas stove - 5 cents per hour
a. $29.75
b. $18.25
c. $29.20
d. $47.45

The correct answer is: C. $29.20 is the amount saved

Step-by-step explanation:

Using a year as equal to 365 days.

Electric stove cost 13 cents per hour. So the cost of using electric stove for the entire year is:

Gas stove cost 5 cents per hour. So the cost of using gas stove for the entire year is:

To know how much Bryce save each year; we find the difference between the cost of using Electric stove and the cost of using Gas stove.

4745 - 1825 = 2920 cents

To convert cents to dollars, we divide by 100:

So, therefore, Bryce will save $29.20 for each year.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents