Problem: A particular frost-free refrigerator uses about 755 kWh of electrical energy per year. Express this amount of energy in Calories (Cal).

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We need the following conversion factors for this:         

1 kJ = 103 J

1 kWh = 3600 kJ

1 cal = 4.184 J

1 Cal = 103 cal

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A particular frost-free refrigerator uses about 755 kWh of electrical energy per year. Express this amount of energy in Calories (Cal).

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