SOLUTION: ABout how much would it cost to run a natural gas water heater for one year in a narea where natural gas costs .90 cents per therm? My question to you is how would i set this equ

Question 48695: ABout how much would it cost to run a natural gas water heater for one year in a narea where natural gas costs .90 cents per therm? My question to you is how would i set this equation up in order to solve the problem?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ABout how much would it cost to run a natural gas water heater for one year in a narea where natural gas costs .90 cents per therm?
Let "x" be the average number of therms used by a household in some area per year.
Then Cost in dollars = 0.90x
Cheers,
Stan H.
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