The house Trevor's family lives in has 6 people (including Trevor) and 3 bathrooms. In the past month, each person showered for an average of 480 minutes and used an average 72 liters of shower water (over the entire month). Water costs 0.20 dollars per liter.How much money did Trevor's family spend, in total, on shower water in the past month?□dollars
Q. The house Trevor's family lives in has 6 people (including Trevor) and 3 bathrooms. In the past month, each person showered for an average of 480 minutes and used an average 72 liters of shower water (over the entire month). Water costs 0.20 dollars per liter.How much money did Trevor's family spend, in total, on shower water in the past month?□dollars
Calculate total shower water: Calculate the total amount of shower water used by Trevor's family in the past month.Each person used 72 liters of water, and there are 6 people in the family.Total water used = 72 liters/person ×6 people
Perform calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 1.Total water used = 72liters/person×6people=432liters
Calculate total cost: Calculate the total cost of the water used for showering.Water costs 0.20 dollars per liter, so we multiply the total water used by the cost per liter.Total cost = Total water used × Cost per literTotal cost = 432 liters ×0.20 dollars/liter
Perform cost calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 3.Total cost = 432liters×0.20dollars/liter=86.4dollars
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