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📅 NSB Double Elimination 2012🎓 HS🔄 Round 4#️⃣ Q17🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Many battery chargers can consume 5 times the amount of power in the battery itself, even when not actively charging a product. Assuming this is true and the charger is plugged in constantly, what is the expected annual consumption in kilowatt-hours of a battery charger for a 5 watt battery, rounded to one significant figure?

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