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A 75 watt light bulb consumes 75 watt every hour if left on continuously.

You electric company charges by the kilowatt hour. So since 75 watts = .075KW x 48 hours you would use 3.6 KWhrs. If you are paying about 12 cents per KWhr it would cost you about 42 cents.

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