A 1000-watt microwave oven takes 60 seconds to heat a bowl of soup. How many joules of energy does it use?
1 Answer
Aug 3, 2014
The microwave uses
Where
The formula for Power is given by:
Therefore:
1000 Watts =
So ...
From this, we can say that a microwave oven of 1000 W uses 6000 J of energy in 1 minute (60 seconds).